ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the specific hypotheses for each level of the contextual model, identifying specific relationships between the “economic” situation or setting and the migration of families. The accessibility of the community is expected to determine the salience of migration as an alternative strategy for families of the community. The interactive effects of context on the class-migration relation can be interpreted as the differential responses to contextual features due to different family levels of risk-aversion, feature of socio-economic status. A focus on socioeconomic development is consistent with those who advocate broad conceptualizations of development which go beyond simply considering per capita or jobs as only important aspects of development. The problem with including physical facilities, social infrastructure, or programs in the contextual model is that one must assume that their mere presence has an effect on migration decision making. The expectation of interactive contextual effects on the relation between migration and development also extends to agricultural development.
