The Patterns of Migration and Current Condition of Female Migrants

Although urban ward movement of the population has §different forms§and may be expressed in different forms, it still§maintains some unique features; which have been §reflecting in the socio §economic and demographic attributes of migrants.§Such unique features lead to migrational causes §specific to these features,§because migration is a selective process influencing §mainly those who§have unique economic, social and demographic §characteristics. Adequate§knowledge of migrants in general and migrants §attributes and their§causative factors in particular is therefore, the §focus of this study.§Despite the fact that migration is an important §contributor to urban growth,§not much is known on the dynamics of the phenomena §particulalry its gender dimension, this study is§therefore, concerned mainly with an assessment of §the nature or patterns§movement and the process of migration in Ethiopia §taking female civil§servants in Addis Ababa as a case study.§The condition of migrants, their level of§adjustment in the area of destination and their §contribution to their place§of origin is an important point in the study of §migration in which this study attempted to address.