Rural Migrants in Urban Setting: An Analysis of the by G. Beijer (auth.)

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2I9/220, 224 and 230. , I959, p. lIO. S Haller, A. , I960, p. 332. See also: l\liddleton, R. and Grigg, Ch. , I959. 32 LITERATURE OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE 6. The relation between selection and adjustment The nature and the extent of the selection process in internal migration are of great importance. This has already become evident several times above. It has not been proved beyond doubt that migration is selection according to qualities of character, occupation, age, etc. 1 It is a fact that no surveys can be designated which prove the relation between selection and migration convincingly, and for all migratory movements, in a field other than the above (age and sex).

28 LITERATURE OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE However, in the discussion these concepts do playa major role, although in current socio-economics the meaning of the term "rural exodus" has become dubious in many respects. According to a French socio-economist and demographer,l the growth of the cities is a product of purely economic causes, which may be reinforced by social causes. Agricultural, geographical migration only influences this as occupational mobility, despite the fact that it plays a great part and is of importance to the city.

For many of them "the process of adaptation will be slow and painful," and it will also take a considerable time before they can participate in city life. Farm migrants have the slowest rate of entering. They seem to be particularly limited during the first five years or so in community. " 2 2. The process oj adjustment oj countrypeople and its obstacles Many of the studies consulted have a very static, fact-finding character. But, however valuable the categorizing and establishment of facts may be, the process of adjustment, of settling in, is in essence a dynamic one.

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