Investigating The Causes of Reverse Migration From Urban To Rural Areas In Kermanshah

The phenomenon of irregular migration from the village to the city is one of the biggest problems of most third world countries, including Iran. One of the most important ways to solve these problems is to encourage reverse migration to rural areas. For this reason, knowing the factors affecting reverse migration has been the subject of various researches. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors affecting reverse migration from urban areas of Kermanshah City to rural areas. This research is practical in terms of purpose. In terms of data collection, in the stage of designing the theoretical foundations and preparing the questionnaire, the documentary method was used, and in the stage of data collection, a survey was made using the researcher's questionnaire. Data analysis is also done with the help of descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population is the households that have migrated to the villages of Kermanshah during the last 5 years. Questionnaires were randomly distributed among 384 households from the statistical population, and 371 questionnaires were completed. The data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis. According to the existing tests, the 9 studied factors that were able to explain 62 percent of the variance of 38 items related to the factors affecting reverse migration, respectively are: housing, household income and expenditure, cultural-biological factor, access to educational and health services, physical factor, job opportunities factor in the rural environment, belongingness and nativeness factor, tourism attractions and handicrafts factor and Finally, the least influential factor on reverse migration is the government's support policies for the villagers.