Zeitschrift für Kunst- und Sozialwissenschaften

The Nexus between Youth Rural-urban Migration and Human Insecurity in Ethiopia: The Case of Wolaita Sodo Town

Abstract

Assefa DT and Yismaw YG

The study was sought to investigate the nexus between youth rural-urban migration and human insecurity in Ethiopia. The study, by assessing the major problems caused by youth rural-urban migrants, identify the major sources of human security in Wolaita Sodo town and explore the relationship between youth migration and human insecurity in the study area. Mixed research approach, which combines both quantitative and qualitative method, is used for this study. In order to identify the target sample, a multi-stage sampling technique was employed. Based on the research problem and objectives, both primary and secondary data sources are used. More specifically, the methods used to collect the necessary primary data were questionnaire and interview. Quantitative data are analyzed using descriptive statistics (like percentage and frequency) while the qualitative data collected through interview were used to triangulate the results of quantitative data. The findings revealed that, while housing problem and development of slums, urban unemployment, and urban crime are the most severe problems aggravated by youth rural-urban migrants, theft, and smuggling are the main source of human insecurity in the town.