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E. Answer the following questions:1. Explain the role of some pull and push factorsin rural-urban migration. |
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Answer» Push factors are the reasons why people left rural locations in the countryside, such as poverty and unemployment. Pull factors are the reasons why people moved to urban locations in towns and cities such as new technology, greater opportunities, better facilities and increased wealth. The process of rural-urban migration has attracted the increasing attention of policy makers and academicians the world over. The paper attempts to identify the major push and pull factors behind the migration, based on the data collected from 1991 Census for 25 districts of north-western Uttar Pradesh. It applies the OLS regression model to examine the impact of different variables on rural-urban migration. It has been clearly observed that farm size and irrigation facilities, which have been generally quoted in earlier studies, are significant variables in abating the outflow of rural workforce. |
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