SOCIAL ECONOMICS: THE CONTEMPORARY

MISAMIS UNIVERSITY WORLD

CHAPTER 5:
GLOBAL POPULATION
AND MOBILITY
LESSON 3:

GLOBAL
MIGRATION

INSTRUCTOR: CATALINO LARANJO EMPERIO III

FACULTY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCE
 MISAMIS UNIVERSITY

OBJECTIVES:

Analyze the political, economic, cultural, and social

factors underlying the global movements of people

Display first-hand knowledge of the experience of

Overseas Filipino Workers.
 CONCEPTS OF MIGRATION

MIGRATION

MOVEMENT
 INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

EMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION
INTERNAL MIGRATION

Residential Mobility: Change of residence within the same

national boundaries.

Migration Streams: Consists of migrants who depart from

a common area of origin and arrive at a common area of
destination.

Migration by Stage: A series of less drastic movement

from village to city
INTERNAL MIGRATION

Migration by Stage: A series of less drastic movement

from village to city

Migration Interval: It is the time reference of the migration

process.

Gross Migration: The sum of arrivals and departures in a

given area.
INTERNAL MIGRATION

Stream Movement: Refers to a group of migrants who

come from a common area of origin and go to a common
area of destination at a certain period of time.

Forced Migration: Brough about by complex humanitarian

emergencies.
MIGRATION SELECTIOn PROCESS

RURAL TO URBAN

SELECTIVITY IN
AGE AND SEX
RURAL TO URBAN
FACTORS OF GLOBAL MIGRATION

Economic Migration: Moving to find employment or

follow a career path.

Social Migration: Moving to be closer with friends and

family or for a better quality of life

Political Migration: To escape political persecution or war

Environmental Causes
PUSH AND PULL FACTORS OF MIGRATION

PUSH FACTORS: negative reasons why people migrates

from an area of origin.

Lack of Service Drought

Lack of Safety

High Crime Flooding

Poverty
War Crop Failure
PUSH AND PULL FACTORS OF MIGRATION

PULL FACTORS: Positive reasons why people go to a

desired destination.

Better Services
Higher Employment

Good Climate More Fertile

More Wealth
Land
Political Lower Risk of Natural
Safer Stability Hazard
OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

The OFW demography was

mainly compromised of
female workers.
55.8%
The remaining 44.2% were of
male.
OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

The OFW demography was mainly

compromised of female workers.
The remaining 44.2% were of
male.
55.8%

The remaining 47.5% of the

female OFWs belonged to the
age range of 25 to 34 years
old.
 OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

Elementary Occupations was recorded to be the largest group among

occupation groups of OFWs

Half of the female OFWs were in elementary occupations approximately

58.7%
 OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

It was recorded that the 50% of the OFW population in the year 2017-2018
came from the four regions

CALABARZON (17.9%)
Nation Capital Region
(9.7%)
Central Luzon
(14.3%)
Ilocos Region
(9.7%)
 OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

It was recorded that the 50% of the OFW population in the year 2017-2018
came from the four regions

(24.3%) OFWs worked in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, OFWs who worked in

United Arab Emirates comprised 15.7 percent, Hong Kong (6.3%), Kuwait
(5.7%), Taiwan (5.5%) and Qatar (5.2%) were the other popular
destinations of OFWs.