@article{Amao:147645,
      recid = {147645},
      author = {Amao, J.O. and Awoyemi, Taiwo Timothy and Ogunleye, K.Y.},
      title = {Factors Influencing Migration and the Poverty Profile of  Migrants in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara  State, Nigeria},
      journal = {Journal of Rural Economics and Development},
      address = {2009},
      number = {1623-2016-134892},
      series = {1},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This study examined the causes of migration and the  poverty profile of migrants in Ilorin South Local  Government Area of Kwara State. Primary data were collected  from a total of 110 migrants using two staged purposive  sampling procedure. The data were analysed using  descriptive statistics and Foster, Greer and Thorbecke  poverty analysis method. The results showed that the  average sampled migrants were about 41 years old. Majority  of them were male, married and literate. Majority of them  had household size of between 6 and 10 members. The study  underlined the rural push, owing to low level of income as  a major determinant for the process of migration. The  possibility of getting job in Tedun was highest for  migrants than in any other town in the study area. The  period of waiting for job was lowest in Tedun and highest  in Agoo than in any other town in the study area. Getting  jobs through friends and relatives as sources of employment  was highest in Tedun and Nigerb. The study revealed that,  low income and better standard of living were the major  factors causing migration in the study area.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/147645},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.147645},
}