Like any other developing countJy, migration affects Ethiopia both economically andrnsocially. In recent years the number of Ethiopian women migrating to Middle Eastrncountries has been increasing and this has impacts on migrants as well as their families.rnThe overriding purpose of this study was to assess the socioeconomic impact of womenrnmigration to Middle East countries on sending households. It also tried to identify thernmain driving factors that fuel this migration in Jimma Town of the Oromiya RegionalrnState. The results of the study were based principally on a survey that covered 403rnmigrant sending households that were selected using simple random sampling method.rnRelevant data were also collected through observation and FGDs. The results indicaternthat most of the migrants were young unemployed women, with low educationalrnbackground. The main driving factor was their low economic situation as the majority ofrnthem departed from households that have low educational status engaged in petty trade.rnThe migration had both positive and negative effects. Due to the remittance and items inrnkind received by sending households, their livelihoods have been relatively improved. Onrnthe contrary money is spent to process the migration by borrowing, sales of property andrnfrom household saving thereby affecting the migrant households and making migrantsrnstressed out of it. In addition, households had worries about deportation and sexual abusernof their departed family members. A Logistic regression model was deployed andrnestimated based on primary data whereby the impact of a set of demographic and socioeconomicrnvariables on the probability of saving. In conclusion, even if there were positivernimpacts, it should be understood that migration is not a risk free endeavor both for thernsending households and the migrants themselves. Therefore, concerned bodies should actrnto raise awareness on the pros and cons of migration of the migrant-sending householdsrnand local youth before migration to the Middle East countries.