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Table 8 Social capital: Reasons for migration

From: Small scale migration along the interoceanic highway in Madre de Dios, Peru: an exploration of community perceptions and dynamics due to migration

 

Sample

(N = 461)*

Non-Migrant

(N = 144)

Migrant

(N = 317)

P-value

Reason for moving here:

  

< 0.001

 More work opportunities/land access (self or family)

358 (77.7%)

94 (65.3%)

264 (83.3%)

 

 Better life conditions (location/family presence)

73 (15.8%)

32 (22.2%)

41 (12.9%)

 

 Other

30 (6.5%)

18 (12.5%)

12 (3.8%)

 
 

Sample

(N = 465)*

Non-Migrant

(N = 145)

Migrant

(N = 320)

P-value

Moved with:

  

< 0.001

 With partner/family

329 (70.8%)

75 (51.7%)

254 (79.4%)

 

 Alone

94 (20.2%)

46 (31.7%)

48 (15.0%)

 

 With friends

16 (3.4%)

9 (6.2%)

7 (2.2%)

 

 Other

26 (5.6%)

15 (10.4%)

11 (3.4%)

 
  1. *Answered if not born in region