Background: Urbanisation and migration are interconnected. As per Census 2011, 31.16% of the Indian population
was urban, whereas in Kerala, 47.72% of the total population was urban. A study conducted by Gulati Institute of Finance and
Taxation showed that there were 25 million migrant labourers in Kerala. The migrant labourers were facing various problems
both health related and non health related. The objective of the study was to analyze the health problems, disease pattern, health
care seeking behaviour and health care utilization amongst the urban in-migrant population of Kerala.
