• BELAY ZELEKE BIRU
• Gurinder Kaur
• Baljit Kaur

Abstract: The study is aimed at analyzing patterns of rural to urban migration from Ankasha and Fagita Lekoma Districts. Data is collected from four rural kebeles which are selected based on the relative prevalence of migration. After grouping households into with and without migrant members, questionnaire was administered to 380 i.e. 190 households each with and without migrants. Key informants interview and focus group discussions are also employed to gather data. The analysis is made using mean, standard deviation and qualitative description. The result reveals that rural to urban migration is prevalent among young, single, male and those at the level of secondary education. Migrants bypass nearby small and medium size towns and migrated to the capital city of the country i.e. Addis Ababa. Most of rural to urban migrants have temporary status of migration. Therefore, it calls for policy attention to register patterns of migration and to work with appropriate regional and local development planning.

Key words: Patterns of migration, rural to urban migration, trends of migration, Addis Ababa

"Patterns of Rural to Urban Migration from Ankasha and Fagita Lekoma Districts, Northwestern Ethiopia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.562-571, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904F89.pdf

"Patterns of Rural to Urban Migration from Ankasha and Fagita Lekoma Districts, Northwestern Ethiopia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp562-571, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904F89.pdf