PIP: Moving from the argument that values and expectations underlie behavioral motives, this study examined the determinants of migration values and expectations in rural Thailand. Data were obtained from the 1992 National Migration Survey of Thailand as well as from interviews of 7550 households. A large variation was found in the proportion of respondents expressing high expectations of attaining valued aims. Of the migration-related value-expectancy dimensions, expectations were lower for attaining stimulation (26%) and income (36%) and higher for comfort (57%) and affiliation (75%). Of the total respondents, 16% indicated intention to migrate in the next 2 years; single, younger adults, males with secondary education and friends, in Bangkok, had greater intentions to move. Logistic regression analysis demonstrates that land ownership and being married were associated with higher expectations, while a diversified village economy, a village economic development program, and a younger and extended family structure were linked with lower expectations of attaining valued goals. Finally, value-expectancy concepts were only partial intervening explanations to migrate or to remain at home.