Abstract

Abdur Rokib and Rafiqul Islam*

The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of socio-economic and demographic characteristics on female migrants. The data was collected using multi-stage sampling technique at Meherpur sadar thana at Meherpur district, Bangladesh. The logistic regression analysis has been used to determine the influential factors of migration. In this paper, it is identified that most of the female migrants are migrated due to marriage. The logistic regression analysis indicated that respondents age, age at first marriage, education status, occupation and type of family have significant effects on causes of migration among the selected variables. The risk of migration is higher times for migrants aged 20-25 years than the migrants aged less than 20 years. .