Demographic And Socio-economic Correlates Of Rural Urban Migration In Gulele Sub-city Of Addis Ababa

The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of the demographic and socioeconomic correlates of rural urban migration in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa. It also tried tornexplain the network of information by migrants to arrive a particular destination, and therninterrelations of rural-urban migration with respect to demographic and socio-economicrnvariables. Descriptive and explanatory research designs as well as qualitative and quantitativernresearch approach were employed in conducting the study. The data were collected through thernquestionnaire and key informant interviews with the concerned individuals who are assumed tornbe knowledgeable in the subject under investigation; as well as document mining andrnpublications. The results of the study showed significant interrelationships between in-migrationrnand demographic and socio economic variables. Implications and recommendations werernsuggested in accordance with the major findings. Further Analysis of data revealed that thernmajority (77.4% ) of in migrants were male and the remaining (22.6 percent) were females.rnWhile about 70.5 % of them were married and 29.5% were single. The results of multiplernregression analysis estimated, household size, and sex were found to be statistically significantrnvariables at p-value less than .05 ( α=.05 ) affecting the migration process as well as drivers ofrnin migration.

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