ISSN 2736-1578
African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 5 (3), pp. 001-006, March, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Impact of socio-economic and demographic characteristics on female migrants of Meherpur sadar thana at Meherpur district, Bangladesh
1Abdur Rokib and 2Rafiqul Islam*
1*Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
2Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Accepted 21 September, 2019
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of socio-economic and demographic characteristics on female migrants. The data was collected using multi-stage sampling technique at Meherpur sadar thana at Meherpur district, Bangladesh. The logistic regression analysis has been used to determine the influential factors of migration. In this paper, it is identified that most of the female migrants are migrated due to marriage. The logistic regression analysis indicated that respondents age, age at first marriage, education status, occupation and type of family have significant effects on causes of migration among the selected variables. The risk of migration is higher times for migrants aged 20-25 years than the migrants aged less than 20 years.
Keywords: Female migrants, socio-economic factors, demographic characteristics, chi-square test, logistic regression model.