Four reasons why residents chose to settle in the capital city of a particular nation are illustrated in the line graph.
Overall, the chart shows a steady increase in the number of migrants, with the search for employment and educational opportunities being the most common motivators. The former response showed the most significant rise over the 16-year time period, with relationships and adventure remaining low as factors.
According to the chart, moving to a city for employment was the main purpose, which dominated at the beginning, in 2000 with more than 60 000 settlers, and grew steadily as the primary reason, reaching a peak of 92,000 in 2010. Attending educational facilities was not a significant response in 2000, but grew by 400% over the next 15 years, accounting for approximately 88,000 residences and matching employment as the most popular response by 2015.
Living in cities because of relationships or exploration were minor supporting reasons, with family having a slight increase in 2010 and remained stable in 2015 with about 22 000 responses, while searching for adventure varied over the fifteen-year period and accounted for 15 000 positive responses in 2015.