Who moves and who stays? Rural out-migration in Nigeria

Journal of Population Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-161

  Mberu, Blessing U ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Even development; Migration propensity; Nigeria; Rural out migration; Rural rural migration; Rural urban migration; Spatial redistribution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846698487     PISSN: 14432447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03031826     Document Type: Article

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