Very different forces lead to a decision to migrate. Job opportunities, educational opportunities, and access to health care as well as poverty, famine, war, disease, and religious oppression are all factors in two very different kinds of force. What are the two terms used by anthropologists to describe these two forces that lead to migration?

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Anthropologists use the terms "push" and "pull" to describe the two different forces that lead to migration. Push factors are negative conditions that make people want to leave their home country, while pull factors are positive conditions that attract them to a new country.

Very Different Forces Lead to a Decision to Migrate