A Study on Mobility and Aspiration of Migrant Workers

ISBN-13: 9786206144700 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str.

Karunesh Verma; Sudhanand Prasad Lal; Shweta Verma

Opis

Migration of human race is common phenomenon round the globe. Despite being civilized and stable residences people are continuously searching new places to live, trade and exploit resources. The systematic journey of migration started from 15th -16th centuries, when Europeans started many search operations for new lands, now reached up to universe. An endemic shift or "movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over vast distances and in big groups" has been broadly characterised as migration". The Mobility pattern of migrant workers indicates 60.7 percent of the variations. The study shown that majority of respondents (65%) has medium level of aspiration to migrate. Betterment of socio-economic conditions aspire a large number of respondents (61.67%) to migrate. Similar number of respondents (61.67%) strongly agreed on that availability of work in locality reduce migration. Exogenous variables namely; family size, category (caste), farming experience, annual family income, scientific orientation and innovation propensity impacted greatly the endogenous variable (level of aspiration of migrant workers). Increased expenses of household were the key push factor.

O autorze

Karunesh Verma (Agriculture Extension Officer, Canara Bank, UGC NET JRF).Dr. Sudhanand Prasad Lal, Assistant Professor & Co-PI AICRP-WIA, Dept. of Extension Education, RPCAU, Samastipur-848125, India.Shweta Verma (Research Scholar, M. Sc. Horticulture. Dr. BBAU, Lucknow).