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    THE SOCIO-CULTURAL AND LIVELIHOOD IMPLICATIONS OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ON THE LIVES OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS: THE CASE OF EZHA WOREDA, GURAGHE ZONE, ETHIOPIA.
    (2022-08-04) SELFNESH ZEBERGA
    The Gurage are one of the many ethnic groups in Ethiopia known for their rural-urban migration. The main purpose of this study is to assess the socio-cultural and livelihood implications of ruralurban migration on the lives of rural households: the case of Ezha Woreda, Gurage Zone. In this study, quantitative and qualitative or mixed research methods were employed. The quantitative research method was employed using interview, and in order to triangulate this finding, qualitative method was also used. The primary data were collected from purposefully selected one Woreda and two Kebeles including migrant and non-migrant rural households of a total of 313 respondents. The qualitative data gathered by through interview and focus group discussion. The study found that Meskel/Arefa and farming periods are the major social interaction ways of migrants and their families. Marriage and family system, migrant support and funeral and Idir are the implications of changes and continuities in the socio-cultural life of the people. The overall economic activities of the villages were also assessed. The study further found that migration has resulted in various positive and negative effects on the traditional good habits and on the overall livelihood conditions in the villages. The implications of positive effects are better living rural family, food preparation and migrant support. Besides the positive effects, migration is negatively affecting the over-all village life. The negative effects on the socio-cultural life are traditional house and working together, traditional utensils and dispute resolution systems. Based on these findings, the researcher suggests that the local administration, and Gurage’s Culture, and Development Association should undertake or sponsor similar studies in other Gurage villages. So that, the wider Zonal conditions could be known and necessary solutions could be found accordingly. These organizations, and other stakeholders, should strive to alleviate the negative effects of migration on the overall village life.