Migration and Rural-Urban Linkages in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa 22 19 11 9 33 28Urban area of other region 12 10 9 8 21 18Urban area of this region 10 9 5 4 15 13Rural area of this ward 12 10 2 2 14 12Rural area other region 4 3 5 4 9 8Rural area of region 5 4 3 3 8 7Major city of this region 2 2 4 3 6 5Urban area of this wereda 4 3 1 1 5 4Zonal capital 1 1 1 1 2 2Rural area of this sub-district 0 0 1 1 1 1Rural area of this wereda 1 1 0 0 1 1Non-neighbouring country 0 0 1 1 1 1Neighbouring country 0 0 1 1 1 1Total 73 62 44 38 117 100Table 1 shows that the majority of absentees (seventy percent) were in urban destinationsat the time of the urban RANS. In particular, Addis Ababa (twenty-eight percent) was themost popular destination for those away from Shashemene.The results also show that there were a considerably greater number of male than femaleabsentees when the survey was conducted. In particular, there were twice as many maleabsentees as females in Addis Ababa.24