Rural-Urban Migration and Employment in a Developing Economy. Research Report 229.

Autor/inn/en	Ames, Glenn C. W.; Sprouse, Tom
Institution	Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations, Athens.
Titel	Rural-Urban Migration and Employment in a Developing Economy. Research Report 229.
Quelle	(1976), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Age; Census Figures; Developing Nations; Employment Opportunities; Family Structure; Foreign Countries; Heads of Households; Migrants; Motivation; Needs Assessment; Rural Areas; Rural to Urban Migration; Socioeconomic Status; Dominican Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Alter; Lebensalter; Volkszählung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ausland; Migrantin; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Bedarfsermittlung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Landflucht; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Dominikanische Republik
Abstract	A subsample of 325 migrants drawn from the 1970 National Demographic Census of the Dominican Republic was analyzed to describe social and economic characteristics of recent rural-urban migrants and determine their employment changes. The sample was limited to heads of households who had lived in their present location from one to five years. Males accounted for 84% of the sample. Characteristics measured were family size, level of education (the majority had less than a fourth grade education), age, and age at migration. Better employment was found to be the biggest factor in interanl migration, having motivated more than 50%. Change of occupation had occurred for one-fourth of the migrants, with a significant increase in percentages of heads of households employed in government, semi-skilled occupations, food processing, personal services, community sales, and unskilled work. Though recent migrants greatly improved their work opportunities by moving, employment of these unskilled migrants as rural-urban migration continues would seem to hinge on growth of traditional sector jobs in urban areas. Further implications were for more rural educational opportunities, the need to create rural farm and nonfarm employment opportunities, and increased investment in rural infrastructure. (RS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC