Does migration expectancy differ in remote and semi-urban villages in Varanasi District

In spite of research work in last few years, much information still lacks in our knowledge about migration. Expectancy table procedure gives the expectancy of various demographic events such as to determine the probable life time earnings of a person in a given industry or in a given occupation. Expectancy tables of migration gives information on the expected number of moves a person may make during his remaining life time. In the present study, we have tried to find out the pattern of migration expectancy characterized by age. We randomly selected six villages (three from remote and three from semi-urban villages) from 14 villages included in the RDPG. The sample included a total of 1300 households from 6 villages by complete household enumeration. The data of this study has been collected by personal interview method and migration record including questions on the present age, education, marital status, occupation, year of migration, place of migration, reasons of migration, remittances, etc. for each migrated person of the households. Findings reveal that migration expectancy is found to be increasing as the age increases in remote as well in semi-urban villages. However, the migration expectancy for male living in remote villages is higher in each age-group compared to semi-urban villages. Despite of that migration expectancy increases up to the age-group 45-49 years and then follows a declining pattern in both types of villages but higher in remote villages compared to semi-urban villages.