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397 ‘Move Backward to Get a Step Forward”: Understanding the Highly-Educated
Migration to Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia

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Meirina Ayumi Malamassam , Bayu Setiawan , Ade Latifa , Inayah Hidayati
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1 School of Demography, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Research Center for Population, LIPI,
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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Abstract

Highly educated people are those with knowledge, academic degree, and social networks that enable them to
access various working opportunities in any place that suit their capability and aspirations. While some studies
found that educated people are concentrated in metropolitan areas or other core regions, other studies also
showed that a portion of highly educated individuals prefers to move to least developed regions in their countries.
This study aims to examine the narratives behind the migration trajectories of the latter. This paper analysed
qualitative data from the study of ‘Highly Educated Labour Migration and Human Capital Development’ by Research
Center for Population, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in 2018, which was conducted in Sorong, West Papua,
a less developed city in easternmost Indonesia that become one of the prominent destination area for labour
migration within the country. This study found that promising career development as a critical factor in the well-
educated migrants’ decisions to move to regions with lower development levels as their origins. Although most of
them faced difficulties with the limited living amenities situation, the highly educated migrants manage to improve
their employability and accelerate their social mobility through the working experience in the area of destination.

480 Sociodemographic characteristics associated with contraceptive use: Analysis of
the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 2017

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Amalia Dwi Susanti , Emma Miller , George Tsourtos , Richard J. Woodman
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1 National Population and Family Planning Board of Indonesia, Palangkaraya, Indonesia. College of Medicine and
Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Abstract

Controlling population growth and improving women’s reproductive health remain unfinished public health
agendas within Indonesia. Despite ongoing efforts to increase the use of modern family planning, particularly the
use of long-acting contraception methods, population control targets have not been achieved. Using data from the
Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey 2017, this study investigated sociodemographic factors associated
with women’s health beliefs and behaviors regarding contraception choices. Our results suggest that, amongst

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