Rural to Urban Migration Is an Unforeseen Impact of Development Intervention in Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Gibson, Mhairi A ^a   Gurmu, Eshetu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84869104145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048708     Document Type: Article

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