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    Cross-Border Migration: Explaining Migration Intention from Selected Psychosocial Variables in South Wollo
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2023-03-15) Abebe Kibret; Abebaw Minaye (PhD)
    Migration has become one of the challenging global issues of the twenty-first century. Therefore, analyzing future migration is essential to develop clear strategies to manage actual migration. This research aimed to investigate predictors of emigration intention and the interaction effect of social network and sex between those predictors and migration intention. A sample of 701high school students who were selected using multistage random sampling participated in the research. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were employed to explore the dimension and loading of items respectively. To test the moderation effect of social network on migration intention and the predictor variables, structural equation modeling was employed using Amos version 27. As the finding indicates 54 % of participants expressed a desire to migrate abroad. The findings also revealed that there is a statistically significant difference in mean between female and male migration intentions (t(699) =12, P< .01). The global Chi-square test indicates sex significantly moderates the connection between the predictor variables and migration intention. The finding indicated that Attitude towards migration, National pride, subjective social norm, and perceived behavioral control predict youths’ migration intention. The result also revealed that social network strengthens the negative correlation between place attachment and intention to migrate only if the individuals have a high social network abroad. Social network of the youth is also found to moderate the relationship between attitude toward migration and migration intention. Therefore, strategies how to change the attitude of adolescents should be designed by NGOs, Government and Scholars in the area in collaboration with community members. Frequent training to adolescents about the consequences of migration should be intensively provided. Since it is the age of learning, teachers, families and communities need to work on adolescents to give priorities on their education. Key Words: Attitude: Migration Intention; National Pride; Perceived behavioral control; Place Attachment; Social Network and Subjective Social Norm