Cause and Effects of Outmigration on Rural Livilhoods in Ofla District Southern Tigray, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abiyot Teklu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nigus Birhanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-18T07:44:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-18T07:44:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study has assessed to the causes and effects of out migration on rural livelihoods. In developing countries like Ethiopia rural-urban migration affects socio-economic realities in both urban and rural areas. This study aims identifying the causes and effects of out migration on rural livelihoods in Ofla district southern zone, Tigray region. Both primary and secondary data were employed and were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively by using SPSS version 20. Primary data were collected from 90 nonmigrant and 66 migrant member households. There are many causes for the movement of the people to the town. Among them the search for job, to gain education and training, and problem related with land and agricultural productivity was the major one. The finding of the research showed that the economic reasons are greater than none economic reasons. Rural push factors have stronger than urban pulling factors. In general, the high flow of migrants to Korem has accentuated different socio-economic and demographic problem on the regions of origin and destination. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3913 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Migration | |
| dc.subject | labor outmigration | |
| dc.subject | Binary Logit Model | |
| dc.subject | Propensity Score Matching (PSM) | |
| dc.title | Cause and Effects of Outmigration on Rural Livilhoods in Ofla District Southern Tigray, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |