Journal Article

CHARACTERISTICS OF EMIGRANTS FROM EGYPT

Morsy, Safaa Aly

2007

Overview

1- The majority of current and return migrants are males who migrated because of economic reasons. On the other hand, the main reasons for female migration are social reasons. 2- Most of current migrants are of the middle age (25-44). At the same time, about two thirds of return migrants are in the same age group. 3- Regarding the marital status, the majority of return and current emigrants are married. The proportion of widowed among nonmigrants is higher relative to current and return emigrants. 4- With regard to the educational level, it was found that about two thirds of current and return emigrants have secondary education or above, while about one third of non-migrants have secondary education or above. 5- Regarding to number of children, the majority of current and return emigrants tend to have a small family size (less than three children), and more than one-third have the family size (3-4 children), while about one fourth of return migrants have at least five children compared to more than one third of non-migrants. 6- With respect to income level, the study shows that the highest percentage of current migrants have the highest income level. On the other hand, at least half of return and non-migrants have the lowest income category.

• Publisher: الجهاز المركزي المصري للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء - مركز الأبحاث والدراسات السكانية
• Subject: الجوانب الإقتصادية / مصر / هجرة السكان