Abstract
This study focuses on changes in female migration patterns during the last fifty years in Burkina Faso. We examine migration paths and reasons for moving between ages 12 and 25 for women of rural origin using event history data drawn from the Migration Dynamics, Urban Integration and Environment in Burkina Faso National Survey conducted in 2000. The results show that female migration patterns are changing in a subtle and complex way. Women are emigrating more out of rural areas and experiencing increased multiple move trajectories. Motives are also less-family driven and more related to education and labour market considerations.
Highlights
Studies on female migrations from rural areas to large cities in West Africa have received considerable attention in the past years (Makinwa-Adebusoye 1990, Gugler and Ludwar-Ene 1995, Cordell et al 1996, Findley 1997, Bocquier and Traoré 2000, Antoine and Sow 2000, Adepoju 2002)
This study focused on recent changes of female migration patterns in Burkina Faso
We examined migration paths and reasons for moving of women that left rural areas between ages 12 and 25 for the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso and for outside Burkina Faso
Summary
Studies on female migrations from rural areas to large cities in West Africa have received considerable attention in the past years (Makinwa-Adebusoye 1990, Gugler and Ludwar-Ene 1995, Cordell et al 1996, Findley 1997, Bocquier and Traoré 2000, Antoine and Sow 2000, Adepoju 2002). A number of studies indicate that female rural-urban migration is likely to promote regional demographic transition by contributing to child mortality and fertility declines (Brockerhoff 1994, 1998, Piché et al 2001). The demographic regime in Burkina Faso was characterized by high fertility rates, high mortality rates and massive international male migration (Pool and Courel 1975). The ascertainment of female out-migration from rural areas could indicate a break in the previous circulatory system and show that Burkina Faso is at the onset of a new phase of transition
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