Demographic attributes and migration decision process

Abstract

Although the population movements are usually divided between forced or voluntary, most migration will hardly fit into one of these extreme types. The aim of this paper is discuss conceptually as age and sex of the migrants act upon migratory behavior by setting specific types of displacements that have different levels of willingness. We will stress the power relations involved in the decision making process for migration, which determines that the migrations of many individuals are involuntary phenomenon, to the extent that they do not participate or do not have their interests taken into account in the decision makingprocess. The article stress the significance of considering that the majority of individuals do not migrate alone as well as do not have migration as a uniquely personal project and, even that individuals involved in forced migration, so often cause the migration of other individuals whose migration stimulus is determined by relations of dependence, support or affection. Thus, highlights the importance of being alert to changes in the forms of social organization and their implications for the current meaning of the spatial mobility.

Keywords
forced migration; selectivity; power relations