Internal migration in India
Visaria, P.; Gumber, A.
Journal of the Indian School of Political Economy 3(2): 238-267
1991
Document Number: 278796
This paper reviews National Sample Survey (NSS) data on internal migration in India during 1955-83. Despite changes in and differences between NSS rounds and the decennial censuses in the criteria used to identify migrants, there is evidence that the proportions of lifetime and annual migrants in both rural and urban areas have declined. Besides persistent selectivity of migration by sex, age, education, caste, household type, and place of origin, the data suggest a rise over time in the share of male migrants moving for employment. In both rural and urban areas, rates of participation in economic activity have been higher and those of unemployment, for among migrants than non-migrants.