ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether migration has a positive or negative influence on mortality in the 1998-2005 period. It examines the relationship between migration and adult mortality in rural southern Mozambique between 1998 and 2005. There is a modest positive relationship between migration and survival in the age group 20-34. The data for this study come from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System that is being maintained since 1996 by the Manhica Health Research Centre in Manhica district, Maputo Province, Mozambique Migrant's mortality is important for Mozambique since labour migration, especially to South Africa, is reported to be associated with increased adult mortality related to tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and silicosis. Immigration of citizens of Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland to the South African mines is the best known case of labour migration in sub-Saharan Africa. In this respect migration is an agent of social change and improved perspectives on health care seeking, nutrition and the value of education.
