Among the total population in Botswana, 40 percent are lifetime migrants and
females exceed males. Movement from rural to urban areas dominates the pattern
of internal migration. The log-linear modeling analysis, which provides parametric
values for the inter-district effects, shows that the Central district has the
highest push effect and Gaborone, Northeast and Francistown are the most
attractive places of destination. The other districts which pulled migrants from
Central are Towns and small towns. Next, Southern and Kweneng districts have
the highest push effects. Gaborone, the capital city district, exhibited a significantly
high mobility in terms of both inmigration and outmigration. Again, Gaborone
has the highest column effect or pull factor, followed closely by the Central
district. The interaction effects between districts are also shown vividly through
log-linear parameters.