PUSH/PULL FORCES

Today we finished up talking about the rate of natural increase, which is found by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate. Though we have to also incorporate emigration and immigration. An excess of persons entering the country is called net immigration. It is shown as a positive number. This year, Canada has 5.65 migrants per 1000 population. An excess of people leaving the country is called net emigration. Its represented as a negative number. This year, Mexico has -1.68 migrants per 1000 population. This number is less than other years that were around -3 migrants per 1000 population. We also talked about push and pull forces. We discussed that it would take a lot to want to leave your country, and these push and pull factors are usually the reason why people may want to leave. Some reasons why people may want to leave the country that are pushing them out, which are push factors include civil war, environmental degradation, unemployment or under employment, or religious persecution. The factors that draw you to a country are called pull factors. These factors are better economic freedom, better health services, religious freedom, and political freedom. One way to differ between the two is to remember pull factors as positive factors and push factors are negative or bad.