%0 Journal Article
%T Internal Migration: Determining Factors and Socio-Economic Status of Non-Family Reason Migrants
%A Binod Manandhar
%A Kristen Young
%A Walter James
%A Pralhada Baidar
%A Bijay Dongol
%A Dilli Bhatta
%A Sungsu Kim
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 663-677
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2025.133043
%X Internal migration refers to the movement of people from one region to another region within a country, and it can be categorized into family and non-family-reasons for migration. This paper examines the significant factors and socio-economic characteristics of non-family-reason internal migration, using data from Nepal Living Standard Survey (2010/11), a national household survey. This paper fits multiple logistic regression models for the response variables non-family-reason internal migration, and internal migration. The study shows that while the population of non-family-reason internal migrants is relatively small, they cover a large proportion of the wealthiest quintile in the welfare distribution, and their socio-economic indicators are better than other populations.
%K Household Survey
%K Internal Migration
%K Logistic Regression
%K Migration
%K Nepal
%K Odd Ratio
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=141490