| Author | Parma, Erlinda Julia |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.HS-81-19 |
| Subject(s) | Rural-urban migration--Philippines--Manila
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This paper aims to examine the extent to which social aspects affect the internal migration stream to the Metropolitan Manila Area from all provinces in the Philippines. The latest migration data from the period 1970-1975 have been collected as the basis of analysis.
Broad social aspects were compounded into a set of social indicators by means of the principal component analysis. Four component axes were identified as the composite social indicators. They are: Household Socio-Economic Status, Health Care Status, Status of minor children, and resource base. These social variables were examined to see whether they at all affect migration.
These social variables are measurements of the final rather than the intermediate variables. They are measures of the concrete benefits to society that certain actions have accomplished. For example, the literacy rate and crime rate are preferable measurement rather than the number of teachers or classrooms available, and the number of policeman per 1,000 population respectively, since teachers of classrooms and policemen are just the means, not the ends.
Stepwise multiple regression analysis in both linear and log linear forms were applied in order to compare and study the effects on internal migration of the social indicators with those of the economic and demographic variables.
As a result, total population size, distance, health care status, and density were found to be significantly affecting the migration stream into the Metropolitan Manila Area. This result provides additional support to the hypothesis that variations in the opportunities and situation at the sending province involved in the migration process would bring about differential migration.
The formulation of a national urban strategy that will influence and promote geographical distribution in terms of economic, social, and other activities should be included in the national development plan. In doing so, the glaring dominance of the Metropolitan Manila Area will be counteracted. |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kaji, Hideki
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| Examination Committee(s) | Angel, Shlomo ; Kammeier, Hans Detlef
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1981 |