The study objective is to recognize the degree of graduate settlement
in the area of the study and the personal, family and societal factors affecting
such settlement as well as the reasons for the desire of either settlement or
non-settlement of researche graduates in the area subject to research and
the most significant problems restricting such settlement in this area. The
study has been carried out in AI taqadom village, Kantara District, Ismailia
governorate as a geographical field for the study. The sample of the study
has amounted to 100 research at a sampling rate of 22% of total graduates of
the village amounting to 450 graduates. Data have been gathered through a
questionnaire form prepared for this purpose after ensuring its validity and
soundness. Period of gathering the data has lasted for one month starting
from Aug. 2001. Statistical methods appropriate for data presentation and
analysis such as percentages, table presentation, arithmetic means, simple
correlative coefficients, and the stip-wise correlation model have been used.
Findings indicated that the majority of researchee graduates had little
settlement and there were six variables to which 24% of discrepancy in the
degree of graduate settlement is attributed, namely, they are the work of the
wire, size of the family, residence before taking the land, profession before
taking the land, age and marital status. The findings showed also that the
most significant problems facing the researchee graduates according to
percentage as it is of high materiality are as follows in a descending order;
not obtaining the title deed of the reclaimed handed over land (69%),
exploitation of agricultural commodities by traders and lack of sales and
distribution outlets (48%), lack of incentives granted to graduates upon
receiving the land (81 %), high cost and expenditures resulting from the use of
land (81 %), high cost and expenditures resulting from the use of land (81 %)
and lack of payment for reclamation costs due to the graduate (71 %) and lack
of post offices in the region (67%).