Sierra Leone's Push Factors

Push Factors
Sierra Leone is a country with many push factors, due to its regional differences.
One such push factor is ethnicity. There are many different ethnicities in Sierra Leone, such as Temne, Mende, Limba, Kono, Mandingo, and Loko. With so many different ethnicities spread across the population, it not only brings those of the same ethnicity together, but it pushes those of differing ethnicity apart. Another major push factor is language, as all these differing ethnicities use different languages too. In Sierra Leone the majority of the population speaks either Mende or Temne, dividing the nation into south and north, respectively. Meanwhile, only a small percentage of Sierra Leoneans, those with higher educations, know English. However, there is a lingua franca in Sierra Leone, known as Krio, which is a version of Creole based on English, which is understood by most of the population. The final push factor is religion, as sixty percent of the country is Muslim, while ten percent is Christian, and the remaining thirty have indigenous beliefs. Religion is one of the most powerful …show more content…
This means more people are leaving the country than entering it, which is a factor that slows the growth of the population. Many refugees in Sierra Leone are leaving and returning to where they came from due to the threat of living in their home country ending. Another possible reason for people leaving the country rather than entering it is due to their high childhood malnourishment rate, their low budget for education, their high infant mortality rate, and their high child labor rate. More people may also be leaving the country due to the incredibly high risk of catching major infectious diseases, such as hepatitis A, typhoid fever, dengue fever, yellow fever, Lassa fever, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, malaria, and rabies. There may also be people leaving for fears of catching ebola, as over fourteen thousand are suspected or confirmed of having the deadly