Rural-Urban Migration in Sierra Leone: Determinants and Policy Implications. African Rural Economy Paper No. 13.

Autor/inn/en	Byerlee, Derek; und weitere
Institution	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Dept. of Agricultural Economics.; Njala Univ. Coll., Freetown (Sierra Leone). Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension.
Titel	Rural-Urban Migration in Sierra Leone: Determinants and Policy Implications. African Rural Economy Paper No. 13.
Quelle	(1976), (139 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Attitudes; Economic Factors; Foreign Countries; Income; Interdisciplinary Approach; Migrants; Migration Patterns; Models; Policy Formation; Research Methodology; Rural to Urban Migration; Socioeconomic Background; Surveys; Urban to Rural Migration; Africa; Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ausland; Einkommen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Migrantin; Analogiemodell; Politische Betätigung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Landflucht; Sozioökonomische Lage; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Stadtflucht; Afrika
Abstract	Study objectives were to: increase the understanding of rural to urban migration processes in Africa and Sierra Leone; develop and test a theoretical schema and survey methodology for migration research; and evaluate the effects of policy on migration. The migration survey was conducted in rural areas, urban areas, and again in the rural areas during 1974-75; the survey featured: rural and urban data collection (socioeconomic and attitude variables); tracing migrants (N=800) from specific locations; integration of migration and farm (500 households) surveys; complete coverage of urban migration streams; simultaneous analysis of rural to rural and rural to urban migration; and multidisciplinary research on migration. Findings indicated: major rural to urban migrants were the young and educated who had high expectations, came from higher income families in the southern regions, migrated to Kono or Freetown, maintained close contact with place of origination, and had urban relatives or friends; the modified cost/returns model confirmed the importance of economic variables, influenced by education, attitude, and rural-urban income differentials but not urban unemployment; policy implications were the need for increased and equally distributed rural incomes, food pricing strategies, modified rural tariffs, rural credit sources, modified wage policies, and investment in small-scale industry and education. (JC)
Anmerkungen	African Rural Economy Program, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (Single copies free)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC