African migrants in Lagos suburbs : a demographic and socio-economic survey of rural-urban migration in the main migrant areas of the Federal Territory of Lagos, Nigeria
Abstract
This is a study of African migrants in the main
migrant suburbs in the Federal Territory of Lagos. Its
aim is to study the process of current migration and
migrant settlement in the city. The scope of the study
is to examine a sample of 679 households (with a
population of 3,704) for the differentials in the
demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the
migrants and non-migrants in order to show the effects of
migration on the composition and structure of the urban
population. It also shows the relationships.between the
demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the
migrant heads of household and their motives for migration,
patterns of migration and resettlement in the urban
community and their experiences in urban living.
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