Which one of the following is a pull factor in emigration ?
Correct answer: C. employment opportunities
- A. political oppression
- B. food shortages
- C. employment opportunities
- D. population pressures
Explanation
Employment opportunities attract people toward a destination and are therefore a pull factor. Political oppression, food shortages and population pressure push people away from their place of origin.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
Practise Social Change and Development
175 free Social Change and Development MCQs from Sociology, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Sociology questions like this
Sociology is on this paper prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for it.
More Social Change and Development questions
According to Castles and Miller which ONE of these is NOT a developing tendency in migration ?
How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2013 ?
How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?
Division of labor is a characteristic of_______________?
Agriculture and horticulture was developed in______________?
Main types of agriculture are_______________?