In this study 269 women are included. 163 females were migrants and 106 were non-migrants.rnThis is a study made on a secondary data. The data source for the study is the migration andrnhealth survey of Tigray region. The data were collected in the months of July and August ofrn1998. The main objective of this study is to investigate how women migration influences theirrnhealth conditions and use of contraception. In addition, it has an objective of identifYing thernimportant demographic and socioeconomic factors influencing health and the use of familyrnplanning services of both the migrants and non-migrants ..rnDescriptive method and logistic regression are used in the analysis part of the study.rnThe health conditions and use of contraceptives of the migrants and non-migrants arerncompared. In addition, the different demographic and socioeconomic factors that influence thernhealth conditions and use of family planning services are identified. The result is that thernmigrants are healthier than the non-migrants. The migrants are also better users affamilyrnplanning services than the non-migrants. 15.67% of the females in the reproductive age liserncontraception. By migration status, 19.2% of the migrants and 10.8% of the non-migrants usernfamily planning services. There is a wide gap between the knowledge and use of FP servicesrnespecially among the non-migrants.rnMost of the migrants explained that life after migration is better than life beforernmigration. The improvements are mainly observed in employment status, hygiene, andrnavailability of pure drinking water. For most of the migrants, life after migration is either thernsame or better than what they expected. The result of the logistic regression showed thatrnmigration is the key variable influencing the health condition of the females. Differentrnsocioeconomic and demographic factors influence the health condition as well as the use offamily planning services. Such factors and the net influence of each factor is well studied. Thernuse of contraception of the females is strongly influenced by their educational levels. But, therninfluence of education in FP use is higher for migrants than for non-migrants. The influence ofrnthese factors and other variables are also studied by migration status. Based on the studyrnresults, conclusions and recommendations are made.rnAccordingly, it is concluded that migration is a very important demographic factorrnwhich influences not only the size of the population, but also the health status and use of FPrnservices. In addition, the demographic and socioeconomic factors which influence the healthrnconditions as well as use of FP services differ by migration status.rnIt is also recommended that all development projects and policies have /0 takernmigration in to account especially the social sector such as the health aspects and the use of FPrnservices. In addition both the migrants and non-migrants have to be well informed the factorsrninfluencing their health conditions as well as use of FP services.