Classify migration factors into push and pull categories using the provided word list.

Certainly! Let’s solve this worksheet step by step.

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📌 Understanding Push and Pull Factors

In geography and migration studies:

- Push factors are conditions that *drive people away* from their current location (e.g., poverty, war, lack of services).
- Pull factors are conditions that *attract people to* a new location (e.g., jobs, good schools, safety).

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✔ Step 1: List all the words from the box

Here are the words you need to sort:

> low wages
> bad roads
> new factories
> good sanitation
> safe running water in homes
> no health services
> self-employment opportunities
> relatives
> disaster areas
> electricity
> good roads
> transport services
> jobs
> good schools
> leisure facilities

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✔ Step 2: Classify each as Push or Pull Factor

Let’s go one by one:

#### 🔴 PUSH FACTORS (reasons to LEAVE)

These make life difficult or unsafe — people want to escape them.

- low wages → not enough money → push
- bad roads → poor infrastructure → push
- no health services → lack of medical care → push
- disaster areas → danger, destruction → push

*(Note: “new factories” might seem like a pull factor, but if they’re being built *elsewhere*, they can be a *push* if local jobs disappear — however, in standard classification, “new factories” usually mean *new job opportunities*, so we’ll put it under pull.)*

Wait — let’s double-check “new factories”. If factories are opening in a *new place*, they attract workers → pull factor.

Similarly, “self-employment opportunities”, “jobs”, etc. — these are positive draws → pull.

So final push factors:

✔ Push Factors:
- low wages
- bad roads
- no health services
- disaster areas

*(We have 4 push factors listed above — let’s see if there are more?)*

What about “relatives”? If you have relatives *in another place*, that’s a reason to move there → pull factor.

“Electricity” — if your current place lacks it, that’s a push; if the new place has it, that’s a pull. But since the phrase is just “electricity”, and it’s listed with other positives like “good sanitation”, it’s likely meant as a *benefit* → pull.

Actually, let’s re-express:

If a place *lacks* electricity → push
If a place *has* electricity → pull

But the word is just “electricity” — contextually, in migration worksheets, “electricity” is usually listed as a *pull factor* (meaning access to it).

Same for “good roads” — clearly a pull.

So our initial 4 push factors are correct.

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#### 🟢 PULL FACTORS (reasons to MOVE TO)

These are attractive features of a destination.

- new factories → create jobs → pull
- good sanitation → clean living → pull
- safe running water in homes → basic necessity → pull
- self-employment opportunities → economic freedom → pull
- relatives → social ties → pull
- electricity → modern convenience → pull
- good roads → better transportation → pull
- transport services → mobility → pull
- jobs → employment → pull
- good schools → education → pull
- leisure facilities → quality of life → pull

That’s 11 pull factors.

Wait — total words = 15.

We have:
- Push: 4
- Pull: 11
→ 4 + 11 = 15 ✔️

Perfect!

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✔ Final Answer Table:

| Push Factors | Pull Factors |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| low wages | new factories |
| bad roads | good sanitation |
| no health services | safe running water in homes |
| disaster areas | self-employment opportunities |
| | relatives |
| | electricity |
| | good roads |
| | transport services |
| | jobs |
| | good schools |
| | leisure facilities |

*(You can write them in any order within the columns — as long as they’re in the correct column.)*

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💡 Tip for Students:

When unsure, ask yourself:

> “Would this make someone want to *leave* their current place?” → Push
> “Would this make someone want to *move to* a new place?” → Pull

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✔ Done! You’ve successfully sorted all the factors. This helps understand why people migrate — whether forced out (push) or drawn in (pull).