Abstract:
The youth migration affects the socioeconomic development of the people in developing coun-
tries like Ethiopia. The goal of this study was to explore the determinants that affect the number
of migrants per household in raya kobo woreda, north wollo zone. To achieve the objective, the
investigator used primary data and that primary information was collected from the households
by using questionnaires. A cross-sectional study was carried out in August 2022 to October
2022 and a two stage cluster sampling was also applied to get the eligible respondents. Among
the total of 49 kebeles, 7 kebeles (clusters) were selected at the first stage and for the second
stage, a total 577 respondent household heads were selected from these selected kebeles (clus-
ters).Descriptive statistical method was employed to analyze quantitative data by using STATA
and SPSS whereas, to explore the determinant factors of migration Count Regression model was
applied by using R and STATA software. In this study the hurdle negative binomial (HNB) model
was found to be the most appropriate and fitted model for analyzing the number of migrants. Fi-
nally Sex of the household head, age of the household head, education level, religion of the
household head and residence place of the household were the significant factors of migrants
per household in the Raya kobo Woreda.
