The Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Rural Communities of Southeastern Nigeria

Table 2

Nature of remittances and community projects by the migrants.

	Abia	Imo
Send remittances
Yes	81.00%	20.60%
No	19.00%	79.40%
Nature of remittances
Money	82.50%	14.70%
Cloth	65.00%	8.80%
Food stuffs	27.50%	2.90%
Frequency of remittances
Every week	22.50%	5.90%
Once every month	40.00%	44.10%
Twice a month	22.50%	26.50%
Once a year	7.50%	0.00%
Less than once a year	0.00%	8.80%
During festivals	7.50%	14.70%
Amount of remittances (in Nigerian naira*)
Less than 2000	18.40%	0.00%
2000–4000	28.90%	35.30%
4001–6000	26.30%	23.50%
6001–8000	7.90%	5.90%
8001–10000	7.90%	11.80%
More than 10000	10.60%	23.50%
Involvement in community projects
Yes	72.10%	27.90%
No	17.60%	82.40%

∗1 US dollar=160 Nigerian naira.