A Scale Development Study on Examining Individuals’ Migration Intention and Reasons in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to develop a scale by determining the reasons for the migration intentions of individuals concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and to bring this scale to the literature. The research is in the type of quantitative research, a two-stage data collection method was used to achieve the purpose of the research. In the first stage, there are basic data collection stage statements, including demographic characteristics and two-option (yes-no) statements. The questionnaire created in the second stage comprises 10 questions created on the investigation of the reasons for the Intention of Migration Related to the COVID-19 Process. SPSS 22.0 program was used for the analysis. In the factor analysis, the KMO value was found to be 0.935 and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient to be 0.937. In this analysis was used items greater than 0.50 and Eigenvalue above of 1 for factor loads using the principal component with the varimax, Extraction method, as the rotation method. As a result of factor analysis, it was observed that the scale consisting of 10 items combined into one factor. As a result of the study, a scale of migration adaptation was developed; Since there is no other similar scale in the literature, the scale is a reference for studies to be carried out on epidemics and related migration.