INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY FOR RESEARCH ON MIGRATION, THE SIERRA LEONE RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION SURVEY

The country"s high rate of migration to cities is currently causing urbanization problems, urban unemployment, and rural labor shortages. This project employs a questionnaire survey of migrating and nonmigrating workers to characterize the migration process in terms of economic variables. These variables will be used to quantitatively analyze the determinants of individual decisions to migrate and will help in evaluating the effect of government policies on migration. The report outlines the project"s data collection and migrant tracing procedures and describes survey coverage and methodology. A copy of the questionnaire survey is appended.