Cause and Consequences of Rural To Urban Child Migration in West Shewa Zone In Case Of Ambo District

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to examine rural to urban child migration in selected area of west shoa zone Ambo district. To achieve the purpose the study is used mixed research approach. The general objective of the study is to examine the cause and consequences of rural-urban child migration in west shoa zone Ambo district. To achieve the objective 120 migrated child were interviewed who are street child in Ambo town and data is collected from this migrated child. Secondary data is collected from child and female office of Ambo town and were analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively by using SPSS version 21. Structured questionnaires were used on the demographic, economic and social factors of child migrants. With regards to migration factors the study identifies the major push factors for the migration and pull factors. The major pull factors according to the study are life style with 55.6 percentages. Therefore, government, NGOs or other stakeholders should improve the lives of the rural poor households; provide infrastructures; aware local communities about the importance of having small family size, prevention, mitigation, training package, empowerment, community involvement and family reunification were recommended in this study to minimize the current trends of child rural-urban migration.