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Table 9 Social Capital: Reasons to stay

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 = 522)

Non-Migrant

(N = 202)

Migrant

(N = 320)

P-value

Motivation to stay:

 

< 0.001

 Work

319 (61.1%)

84 (41.6%)

235 (73.5%)

 

 Family lives here

104 (20.0%)

69 (34.2%)

35 (10.9%)

 

 I have land here

56 (10.7%)

30 (14.8%)

26 (8.1%)

 

 Other

43 (8.2%)

19 (9.4%)

24 (7.5%)

 

Think you’ll bring more people here:

  

0.063

 Yes

90 (17.2%)

27 (13.4%)

63 (19.7%)

 

Live here all year:

  

0.246

 Yes

502 (96.2%)

197 (97.5%)

305 (95.3%)

 

Length of time you think you’ll stay here:

< 0.001

 1–5 years

168 (32.2%)

37 (18.3%)

131 (40.9%)

 

 6–20 years

74 (14.2%)

25 (12.4%)

49 (15.3%)

 

 Always

280 (53.6%)

140 (69.3%)

140 (43.8%)

 

DNI listed as here:

  

< 0.001

 Yes

334 (64.0%)

182 (90.1%)

152 (47.5%)