Migration

How long have they stayed since Migrants Moved to Debre Zeit- residence duration of migrants in Debre Zeit:

In enumeration area a person is considered as a migrant, if he/she was born in another town or any part of the country. However, a person is non-migrant, if he/she was born in the area of enumeration or in the given town and has been continuously residing there up to enumeration period. The answer categories were (1) below one year (2) one year (3) two years (4) three years (5) four years (6) five to six years (7) seven to nine years (8) ten years and above (9) since birth.

The summery table below provides information about what proportion of the population in Debre Zeit, East Shewa Zone, and Oromia Region are migrants and what proportion of the migrants are new comers that is under one year and what proportion are long timers who stayed over 10 years.

Accordingly, based on the 2007 censes, about a fifth (22.3%) of Debre Zeit’s population is made of migrants. When we look at the duration of their residence, relatively a small proportion were new comers accounting for 2.7% of the migrants while the long term migrants accounted for 10.2% of the migrants. 

Among the migrants who reside in Debre Zeit, Female’s account for a slightly more proportion, with 23.7% female migrants compared with  21 % male.

What is interesting is the significant difference between urban rural migration as well as the urban migration between Debre Zeit, East Shewa and Oromia Region. For example when we compare Debre Zeit,  East Shewa zone and Oromia Region urban areas, Debre Zeit’s migrant share of the population  is half (22.3%) compared with  East Shewa Zone (50.4%) and Oromia Region (50.7%). 

Jurisdiction, Genders, Urban & Rural  Migrants  Duration in current place in Years
BISHOFTU/TOWN/-WEREDA Migrants as % of population % Under one year % 10 years and over
URBAN
Both Sexes 22.3% 2.7% 10.2%
Male 21.0% 2.4% 9.8%
Female 23.7% 3.0% 10.7%
EAST SHEWA ZONE
Both Sexes 21.5% 12.3% 45.4%
Male 20.7% 13.4% 43.2%
Female 22.3% 11.3% 47.6%
URBAN
Both Sexes 50.4% 12.7% 41.3%
Male 50.0% 12.8% 40.2%
Female 50.8% 12.5% 42.3%
RURAL
Both Sexes 11.8% 11.9% 51.4%
Male 11.3% 14.2% 47.6%
Female 12.4% 9.6% 55.2%
OROMIA REGION
Both Sexes 16.4% 12.8% 41.5%
Male 15.8% 13.8% 38.3%
Female 16.9% 11.8% 44.4%
URBAN
Both Sexes 50.7% 15.3% 33.4%
Male 51.2% 15.8% 30.9%
Female 50.3% 14.7% 36.0%
RURAL
Both Sexes 11.5% 11.3% 46.4%
Male 10.9% 12.5% 43.3%
Female 12.2% 10.1% 49.2%

For further analysis below we have provided a detailed information about the number of migrants and their duration of residence in Debre Zeit, East Shewa and Oromia Region. The table also provides a break down of the gender and urban and rural composition of the migrants and the duration of residence for those specific characteristics.

Migrants by Length of Residence, Urban-Rural Residence and Sex: 2007
Length of Residence in Current Place (by Year)
BISHOFTU/TOWN/-WEREDAAll Migrants012345-67-910+% 10+duration
URBAN
Both Sexes492065958314132472750290043454368224970.45720034142178
Male228562648134615171327128220352068106330.46521701085054
Female263503310179517301423161823102300118640.45024667931689
EAST SHEWA ZONE
Both Sexes291580359922023919893178351783725545217281325110.45445846765896
Male144299193021074410517910091631247610614623830.43231761827871
Female1472811669094959376873586741306911114701280.47615103102233
URBAN
Both Sexes17155121764129991354611403107471567614633707830.41260616376471
Male8483410883667870495788556075497232340950.40190253907631
Female8671710881632164975615518781277401366880.42307736660632
RURAL
Both Sexes12002714228724063476432709098687095617270.51427595457689
Male594648419406634683312360349263382282880.47571639983856
Female605635809317428793120348749423713334390.55213579248056
OROMIA REGION
Both Sexes441614456453831064634685738127831684438241628298618305790.41451977109442
Male21534362981681648921846371988281626301876681312268253870.38328838191616
Female226270826637014575416222018245015421419474815176010051920.44424291601037
URBAN
Both Sexes16831942567801645171731371339791069071547791307695623260.334082702291
Male8597231360098971096085717025729878859642272658330.30920773318848
Female8234711207717480777052622774960975920665422964930.36005275231307
RURAL
Both Sexes273294930775814612817371924729920993722763815221712682530.46406025139876
Male12937121621607518288551127125105332108809669995595540.43251821116292
Female14392371455987094685168120174104605118829852187086990.49241299382937