CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.

Migration is considered as the movement of people from one geographical region to another, which may be on temporary or permanent basis. This study assessed the consequences of rural-urban migration on the source region of Ughievwen clan in Ughelli South Local Government Area. The stratified sampli...

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Main Authors: Edith Ochuko AMREVURAYIRE, Vincent Nduka OJEH
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Published: European Association of Geographers 2016-04-01
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description Migration is considered as the movement of people from one geographical region to another, which may be on temporary or permanent basis. This study assessed the consequences of rural-urban migration on the source region of Ughievwen clan in Ughelli South Local Government Area. The stratified sampling technique on the basis of existing geopolitical wards was used to divide the study area into four (4) zones. Data were generated through primary and secondary sources. The primary data were generated through the administration of two hundred and sixteen (216) copies of questionnaires to respondents in the study area using the systematic sampling approach, while the secondary data were collected from journal/publications and other published materials from textbooks and official gazette. The data generated were analysed using multiple regression statistics. The findings of the study show that females migrate more than the males in Ughievwen and migration is high within the age cohorts of 15-25 years and 26-35 years. More so, migration decreases with age, and this may be due to the higher psychological cost for migration associated with older people. Most of the persons in the community had acquired just their basic education. Thus, most of them are willing to migrate to major cities to obtain higher education. It has been widely observed that the propensity to migrate increases with education. Furthermore, the study revealed that migration is affected by socioeconomic, demographic and cultural factors. 
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spelling doaj-art-e3abb7ae7b3a46d49da78ade44d6ccaa2025-08-20T02:40:00ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332016-04-0173CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.Edith Ochuko AMREVURAYIRE0Vincent Nduka OJEH1University of Benin, Geography & Regional Planning Department, Benin City, Nigeria.WASCAL-Federal University of Technology, GRP-WACS, Akure, Nigeria Migration is considered as the movement of people from one geographical region to another, which may be on temporary or permanent basis. This study assessed the consequences of rural-urban migration on the source region of Ughievwen clan in Ughelli South Local Government Area. The stratified sampling technique on the basis of existing geopolitical wards was used to divide the study area into four (4) zones. Data were generated through primary and secondary sources. The primary data were generated through the administration of two hundred and sixteen (216) copies of questionnaires to respondents in the study area using the systematic sampling approach, while the secondary data were collected from journal/publications and other published materials from textbooks and official gazette. The data generated were analysed using multiple regression statistics. The findings of the study show that females migrate more than the males in Ughievwen and migration is high within the age cohorts of 15-25 years and 26-35 years. More so, migration decreases with age, and this may be due to the higher psychological cost for migration associated with older people. Most of the persons in the community had acquired just their basic education. Thus, most of them are willing to migrate to major cities to obtain higher education. It has been widely observed that the propensity to migrate increases with education. Furthermore, the study revealed that migration is affected by socioeconomic, demographic and cultural factors.  https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/389 Rural-Urban MigrationSource RegionConsequencesUghievwenDelta
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CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
European Journal of Geography
Rural-Urban Migration
Source Region
Consequences
Ughievwen
Delta
title CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
title_full CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
title_fullStr CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
title_full_unstemmed CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
title_short CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE SOURCE REGION OF UGHIEVWEN CLAN DELTA STATE NIGERIA.
title_sort consequences of rural urban migration on the source region of ughievwen clan delta state nigeria
topic Rural-Urban Migration
Source Region
Consequences
Ughievwen
Delta
url https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/389
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