Life Satisfaction and Migration Intention of Youth

Abstract

The article focuses on the empirical study of within-country migration intention in young age. 136 people, aged 17-35, who live in the city Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, took part in the study. This study examines the role of satisfaction with different life domains in desire to leave the city and move to another region. We asked respondents about their intention to migrate by posing the question "Would you like to leave the city?". Life satisfaction is examined by measuring satisfaction with life in general and with ten life domains. The difference between two groups (who intend to migrate or not) was found through the use of Mann-Whitney U test. The research results have shown that those who intend to migrate tend to be less satisfied with their life in the city, and some domains of life in the city, such as: government, economic situation and social conditions, opportunity of education in the city. Those who intend to migrate are less satisfied with their profession and opportunity of self-realization in it, and also their income level. The findings suggest that those who have no migration intentions tend to be much more satisfied with the area where they live than those who intend to move.

Motivating Factors of Youth Selecting Labor Migration Rather Than Higher Education: A Systematic Review

“…Kharel (2018) pointed out in the study that young people of Nepal migrated due to the better living standard because a significant effect of living standard was found on migration in the study. Similarly, people aged 17-35 from Komsomolsk-on-Amur city of Russia were migrated due to the displeasure with the life living on the city (Bakina, Yaremtchuk, Orlova, & Krasnoperova, 2019). In the case of Georgia and Moldova, youths decided to migrate for their life aspirations (Bastianon, 2019).…”

“…In the case of rural China, young people do migrate due to the non-economic spurs (Chiang et al, 2013). People from Russia were also migrated due to the poor economic situation in the city (Bakina et al, 2019).…”

“…Also,young people from Nepal chosen educational migration due to the availability of inadequate fields of study in the country (Kharel, 2018). In the same way, people in Russia migrated because they were not satisfied with the educational opportunity available in the Komsomolsk-on-Amur city (Bakina et al, 2019). In the case of Indonesia, education is the key motivation factor for youth to migrate to the big city because there are less educational opportunities for youth in rural areas (Malamassam, 2016).…”

Risk and Vulnerability of Migrant Labours from West Bengal and their Life Satisfaction during Pandemics of COVID-19: A Case Study

“…An empirical study of Life Satisfaction and Migration Intention of Youth by Bakina shows youth those are less satisfied in their place of living they leave the place and migrate out of the city. Nearly 47% of youth change their place of residence (Bakina, 2018). Migration is a complex phenomenon that changes the culture of the society in both places of origin and destination (Hear, 2010).…”

Evaluation of the Relationship Between Youth Entrepreneurship and Emigration Intentions: Theoretical-Methodological Aspects

“…Youth emigration intentions are also widely analyzed in the international context: (Dako-Gyeke, 2016) explored the migration intentions of Ghanaian youth and conducted a qualitative study to find out what motives motivate young people to emigrate; Roman and Vasilescu (2016) as well aimed to determine the factors that influence the decision of youth to migrate (Romanian youth case), one of the research results was that discrimination and the entrepreneurial behaviour were key factors that influenced the migration intentions of young adults, etc. There are even more authors who analyzed youth emigration, mentioning some of the newest: (Chuvashov, 2014;van Mol, 2016;Dibeh, Fakih, & Marrouch, 2018;Salamonska & Czeranowska, 2018;Traikova, Mollers, & Petrick, 2018;Bastianon, 2019;Bakina, Yaremtchuk, Orlova, & Krasnoperova, 2019;Herz, Diaz-Chorne, Diaz-Catalan, Altissimo, & Carignani, 2019, etc. ).…”