Understanding migration aspirations using the extended theory of planned behavior: A case study from Western Province of Zambia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F25%3A10502732" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/25:10502732 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103501" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103501</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Understanding migration aspirations using the extended theory of planned behavior: A case study from Western Province of Zambia
Original language description
Migration is a crucial livelihood diversification strategy that can improve the living standards of many households in rural areas of the Global South. However, while most research focuses on international migration, less attention is paid to why people migrate internally or end up staying put. Contextual factors that can greatly affect the decision to migrate or stay in a given location have also been neglected. This paper attempts to contribute to understanding the complex drivers behind internal migration aspirations in rural regions with relatively immobile populations despite challenging economical and environmental conditions acting as potential drivers of migration. We link the theory of planned behavior with the aspiration-capability framework to propose a new integrative framework of factors affecting intentions to migrate. We then test the proposed framework through structural equation modeling using data from structured interviews with representatives of 460 rural households from the Western Province of Zambia. Our results suggest that the components of the theory of planned behavior have a mediating role in shaping internal migration aspirations. Their consideration allows for a deeper understanding of the complex drivers of internal migration and reveals how individual contextual variables can have conflicting effects on aspirations to move.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF19_073%2F0016935" target="_blank" >EF19_073/0016935: Grant schemes at Charles University</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Rural Studies
ISSN
0743-0167
e-ISSN
1873-1392
Volume of the periodical
114
Issue of the periodical within the volume
February
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
103501
UT code for WoS article
001586318500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85210366721