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This study aims to understand the impact of migration on the health and well-being of migrant female street vendors through a mixed-method research design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The quantitative research focuses on statistical analysis of\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f40 responses from the consumers who purchase from the migrant female street food vendors. The qualitative research involves conducting interviews based on the Interpretive Phenomenological research method from four female migrant street food vendors in Urban Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The statistical analysis of the six-item scale focusing on the health and well-being of the vendors yielded highly significant values (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.005) and a Cronbach\u2019s Alpha value of (\n                      <jats:italic>a<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.75). The qualitative analysis resulted in three major themes, which focused on physical exhaustion, illnesses, and communication barriers observed through the vendor responses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The qualitative and quantitative results were triangulated to provide findings that emphasized the need to understand and create policies that would enhance the overall quality of life of these migrant communities. These findings collectively aim to emphasize that the needs of Sustainable Development Goal 3, of Good Health and Well-being, in relation to the informal work sectors are efficiently met.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1918016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]],"date-time":"2026-10-07T05:50:18Z","timestamp":1791352218000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived health and well-being of migrant female street food vendors: a mixed \u2013 method study of vendor \u2013 consumer perceptions of informal street food economy in Chennai, India"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"A.","family":"Wincie Wilmah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus","place":["Chennai, India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R. 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