DYSFUNCTION OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY DISINTEGRATION AS PREDICTORS OF MIGRATION-RELATED IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AMONG FLOOD SURVIVORS IN PAKISTAN: THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS)

Abstract

This research aim to investigates, how far malfunctioning of social institutions and community breakdown forecast migration and identity formation related to migration among survivors of the flood, as well as how Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) moderately affect the same. This was a quantitative cross sectional survey design. The sample size comprised 350 flood survivors in Hafizabad and Chiniot districts where purposive and snowball sampling methods were used to collect the data. Social institution disruption, loss of community cohesion, migration behavior, identity reconstruction and effectiveness of CBO were measured using a structured questionnaire based on Likert-scale items. Analysis of data was done using SPSS in terms of descriptive statistics, regression analysis and moderation analysis. The results indicate that interference on social institutions is an effective and statistically significant predictor of migration behavior, and explicates a significant percentage of variation in migration consequences. The disintegration of the communities was found to exacerbate challenges associated with identity reconstruction during migration. Additionally, moderation analysis shows that Community-Based Organizations have a significant negative effect on the relationship between institutional disruption and migration which suggests that they play a critical role in decreasing the forces of forced migration and reinforcing social cohesion.