Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana

Lewis Brew; Joseph Acquah; Francis Nyarko; Amidu Mohammed

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Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana

Lewis Brew, Joseph Acquah, Francis Nyarko, Amidu Mohammed

Published in Science Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 24 April 2018 Accepted: 14 May 2018 Published: 25 May 2018

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Abstract

This paper studies the migration trends of rural and urban populations in Ghana. The matrix method approximately determines the new population percentage values of rural and urban areas in Ghana from 2016 to 2020. The 2015 rural and urban population values were used as initial values for the projection of the other subsequent population values. The graph matrix and clustered column chart examined the trends relationship between rural and urban populations. The emerging trends of population migration at the rural and urban areas were discussed. The method revealed the upward and downward trends of populations in urban and rural areas. The accuracy of the method is proven by comparing the estimated results from the matrix method with those obtained from the website of index mundi in the literature. On the bases of these findings, the paper recommends the steps to be taken by the government and other policy makers in Ghana to avert excessive migration flow in the urban and rural areas respectively.

Published in	Science Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjams.20180602.12
Page(s)	58-64
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Algebraic Matrix Method, Population Migration, Rural and Urban Areas, Graph Matrix

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Lewis Brew, Joseph Acquah, Francis Nyarko, Amidu Mohammed. (2018). Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana. Science Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 6(2), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjams.20180602.12

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Lewis Brew, Joseph Acquah, Francis Nyarko, Amidu Mohammed. Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana. Sci J Appl Math Stat. 2018;6(2):58-64. doi: 10.11648/j.sjams.20180602.12

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Lewis Brew

University of Mines and Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tarkwa, Ghana
Joseph Acquah

University of Mines and Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tarkwa, Ghana
Francis Nyarko

University of Mines and Technology, Human Resource Unit, Tarkwa, Ghana
Amidu Mohammed

University of Mines and Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tarkwa, Ghana

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Lewis Brew; Joseph Acquah; Francis Nyarko; Amidu Mohammed. Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana. Sci. J. Appl. Math. Stat. 2018, 6(2), 58-64. doi: 10.11648/j.sjams.20180602.12

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Lewis Brew, Joseph Acquah, Francis Nyarko, Amidu Mohammed. Matrix Dynamics of Migration Trends of Rural-Urban Population in Ghana. Sci J Appl Math Stat. 2018;6(2):58-64. doi: 10.11648/j.sjams.20180602.12

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