Analysis of life-time migration in the former Transkei, Eastern Cape.

Abstract

The authors analyze internal migration in Transkei, South Africa. They "attempt to provide answers and explanations to the following issues: trends and patterns of internal migration, including migration fields of the sample urban places at varying stages (moves) in the migration cycle; characteristics of the migration process, including information sources or destinations (and whether destinations were visited before migration occurred), and reasons for migrating; individual characteristics of migrants including age-sex composition, education, marital status, economic activity, and time spent looking for a job; migration differentials, including household incomes, tenure of housing, household size, household composition, and fertility." (EXCERPT)