Factors affecting migration decision and choice of destinations in India: Evidence from national sample survey

The present study attempted to bring out the factors that determine the migration decision of the individuals and the choice of destinations for internal labour migration. Standard Multivariate Logistic Regression Models were used. The study found that factors such as residence of origin, household size, religion, age, education, economic class and land possessed by the household were the important predictors of the migration decision. Further, the statistical association of different explanatory variables with the choice of destinations revealed that the voluntary migrants had preferred to migrate to long-distance destinations to get higher incomes and better occupations.