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Life Satisfaction in South Africa: The Influence of Inter-Provincial Migration Status

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Researches have been interrogating the influence of international migration on life satisfaction but ignoring the influence of internal migration on life satisfaction. This study therefore examined the influence of inter-provincial migration on life satisfaction in South Africa. Data for the study were from the fifth and latest wave of the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) conducted in South Africa in 2017. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson Chi-square and ordinary least-square (OLS) regression. The results showed that the migrants (mean = 5.73) had significantly (Chi = 48.8; p < 0.001) better life satisfaction than non-migrants (mean = 5.54). In addition, there existed significant variations in the level of happiness (Chi = 9.97; p < 0.002), subjective income classification (Chi = 16.8; p < 0.001) and perceived physical health (Chi = 8.65; p < 0.002). Finally, the OLS coefficients showed that respondents with average and above average subjective income classification, respondents with good perceived physical health, respondents with happier happiness level, females, married respondents, non-Blacks, respondents earning higher than R5000, household with 7 + persons and province of residence were associated with increased life satisfaction among migrants and non-migrants.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the use of the research facilities of the Demography and Population Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and University of Nigeria Nsukka in conducting this study.

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  1. Population Studies and Social Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria Nsukka & Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero

  2. Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Samuel Ebimgbo

  3. Population Studies and Social Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Christian Ezeibe & Collins Ugwu

  4. Department of Geography, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Chidi Nzeadibe

  5. Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Nnabuike Osabede

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CKA conceived the study and carried out data analysis. CN and CU prepared the introduction while SE and NO presented the results and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ajaero, C.K., Ebimgbo, S., Ezeibe, C. et al. Life Satisfaction in South Africa: The Influence of Inter-Provincial Migration Status. Psychol Stud 68, 197–210 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-022-00697-0

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