ABSTRACT
Population growth and economic development rarely proceed at the same rates in all regions of a country. Regional differences in opportunities give rise to internal migration. This chapter describes the migration in Indonesia, looking at migration between provinces, at the volume of migration from rural to urban areas, at the characteristics and motivation of migrants, and finally at the success of migrants in the city. In Indonesia, there is far less variation in the rates of out-migration than in the rates of in-migration. According to the 1971 census, the highest rates of out-migration were recorded for Central Java, Yogyakarta, and West Sumatra, which lost 8.2, 10.7, and 11.6 percent of their populations respectively. Moving beyond the general characteristics associated with lifetime and recent migrants and toward a greater specification of migration patterns, it needs to be noted that in Indonesia, as in most developing countries, the largest movement of people is from rural to urban areas.
