Living Standards Measurements Study - Serbia 2002 - 2007

Table 4.7. Migration by number of household members, type of settlement, region and poverty status
(percent)
Total
Type of
settlement
Urban Other
Belgrade Vojvodina
West
Serbia
Region
Sumadija
East
Serbia
SE
Serbia
Poverty line
Above Below
Total 2 402 793 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-mover 656 324 24.0 32.3 23.2 27.0 30.6 28.0 35.0 26.9 26.5 40.4
With 1 member 178 338 5.2 10.7 4.9 7.3 9.8 9.1 9.7 6.8 7.2 11.3
2 149 609 4.9 8.2 4.8 5.4 7.7 8.3 8.0 5.6 5.9 10.9
3 126 487 5.5 4.9 6.2 5.3 4.8 4.2 7.0 4.2 5.2 5.9
4 117 463 5.6 3.8 4.7 5.6 4.8 3.0 5.5 5.7 4.8 6.0
5 and more 84 427 2.8 4.6 2.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 4.8 4.6 3.3 6.2
Migrant 844 792 36.6 33.0 37.9 36.7 31.9 34.4 32.8 31.7 35.4 30.8
With 1 member 265 490 12.6 8.8 13.3 11.7 9.6 10.1 10.4 8.3 11.1 9.9
2 324 124 14.3 12.2 14.1 14.9 11.7 12.4 13.1 12.3 13.6 12.3
3 91 679 3.9 3.6 5.5 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.9 2.1
4 89 084 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.9 3.9 4.2 2.7 4.2 3.7 3.6
5 and more 74 416 2.2 4.4 1.9 3.0 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.1 3.0
Mixed 901 677 39.4 34.7 38.9 36.3 37.5 37.6 32.2 41.4 38.1 28.8
With 2 members 95 114 4.8 2.8 5.5 4.5 3.7 2.8 1.7 3.1 4.0 2.9
3 244 275 12.0 7.5 11.4 11.9 9.2 8.5 7.2 8.9 10.6 3.5
4 279 207 12.8 9.8 12.0 11.5 12.3 12.1 9.3 11.6 11.9 6.7
5 and more 283 080 9.9 14.7 10.1 8.5 12.3 14.1 13.9 17.8 11.5 15.8
We can see in Table 7 and Graph 3 that mixed
households are the most frequent (37.5 percent),
then migrant households (35.2 percent), while nonmover
households account for the smallest
proportion (27.3 percent). However, if we take a
look at the migratory structure of households in
relation to the poverty line, the ranking is in reverse
order: highest poverty levels are found in nonmover
households (40.4 percent), and migrant
households (30.8 percent) and the lowest proportion
of the poor is found in mixed households (28.8
percent).
According to the type of settlement, there is a
difference in the distribution of households by
migration status and number of members. Most
households in urban areas are single-member or
two-member migrant households (26.9 percent), as
well as three-member and four-member mixed
households (24.8 percent). Less than every fourth
household in urban areas is non-mover (24 percent).
In rural areas almost every seventh household is a
mixed household consisting of many members (five
or more members), and then follow, according to
Migration in Serbia
frequency, two-member migrant households (12.2
percent) and single-member non-mover households
(10.7 percent). The higher presence of non-mover
households in rural areas, especially single-member,
non-mover households is largely elderly
households, one of the poorest groups in rural areas.
Regionally, the proportion of migrant and
mixed households in Belgrade and Vojvodina are
almost equal, but with fewer non-mover
households. In West Serbia, Sumadija and SE
Serbia mixed households dominate but in SE Serbia
almost 18 percent of households are mixed and
consist of many members. East Serbia is the only
region with a high proportion of non-mover
households (35 percent). This is the result of the
socio economic development of this area,
specifically the heavy industry (metals, machinery,
mining etc.) that developed in this region was not
appealing enough to attract a large number of
migrants. On the other hand, economic stagnation in
the mid 1960s and a rise in unemployment set most
of migrants from this region in motion.
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