Characteristics and behaviour of migrants and non-migrants in southeastern Ghana: A case study of two selected villages in relation to Koforidua town.

This study departs from conventional migration research tradition in that it examines migration behaviour from evidence obtained from migrants art their destination, Koforidua, and also from non-migrants at the home origins of the migrants. Firstly, we tried to assess the significance of individual level factors and the areal/contextual variable of distance in determining the likelihood of out-migration. Secondly, we attempted to disaggregate our operationalization of the migration decision-making process into two stages: (i) the decision to move out of the home village and (ii) the selection of Koforidua as a destination. Lastly, we also provided evidence on the reasons why the non-migrants do not migrate, an issue that is often neglected in migration studies. In the first stage, logit analysis was used in the identification of the important determinants of out-migration. In stage two, the subjective approach was used to ascertain the factors influencing the migrational behaviour of the survey population. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of Geography. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1990 .A483. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 30-03, page: 0523. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1990