Introduction: Many people often leave their place of residence temporarily or permanently for various reasons, a phenomenon is known as migration. Migration can occur within internal borders or outside territorial borders, which is referred to as international migration. It is estimated that the population of international migrants has reached astonishingly over 270 million people. Iran has also experienced significant foreign migration, especially in the last few decades with a significant number of specialized and skilled individuals leaving the country for other nations each year. The continuation of this trend will face the country with many and unpredictable challenges in the coming years. This research aims to examines the relationship between the importance of life facilities and the attitude toward emigration among residents of Shiraz from a sociological perspective.
Method: This research is a quantitative study in which was carried out using the survey technique. The population consisted of people aged 18-49 living in Shiraz, with 400 individuals were selected as the sample by means of a multi-stage random sampling method. The research instruments used to measure attitude towards emigration and the importance of life facilities were two researcher-made questionnaires. These tools were validated employing the construct validity and on the other hand their reliabilities were assessed by means of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients.
Findings: Based on the results, the attitude toward emigration is high among the respondents. In addition, there is a positive and significant relationship between the importance of life facilities and attitude toward emigration. Moreover, the results indicate that, among the demographic variables, age significantly impact on attitude toward emigration but there is no significant relationship between sex, occupation status and education of the respondents with the dependent variable of attitude toward emigration.
Conclusion: Given the detrimental consequences of foreign migration on the country of origin, the growing trend of foreign migration among Iranian citizens is a major cause for concern. This trend is driven from a wide range of factors, but according to the results of this study, the importance of access to life facilities plays an important role in this regard. Based on the findings and results, this research concludes that by providing living facilities for the country's specialized and skilled human resources, their tendency to foreign migration can be reduced. In other word, it means that one of the serious social and economic problems of the country will be alleviated.