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New Paths and Patterns of Appalachian Migration, 1975-1990.
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Obermiller, Phillip J.; Howe, Steven R. – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2001
Examines migration patterns into, out of, and within Appalachia during the periods 1975-80 and 1985-90. Focuses on the elderly, working-age adults, the school-age population, college students, college graduates, African Americans, Hispanics, and occupational and economic status groups. Notes significant differences between northern, central, and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Brain Drain, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
Migrants to Oregon in the 1990's: Working Age, Near-Retirees, and Retirees Make Different Destination Choices.
Judson, Dean H.; Reynolds-Scanlon, Sue; Popoff, Carole L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1999
From 1990 to 1998, net inmigration in Oregon hit unprecedented high levels, leading to policy concerns about needs for infrastructure and services. Different regions of Oregon attracted migrants who differed dramatically in age, educational attainment, occupational status, and income. Migrants who moved for quality-of-life reasons were willing to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Educational Attainment, Income, Migrants
Migration Trends in the Kansas Ogallala Region and the Internal Colonial Dependency Model.
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White, Stephen E. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Examines population change in the High Plains of western Kansas in terms of an internal colonialism-dependency model. Identifies a wide range of colonial dependent characteristics, including long-term population decline, high median age, highly channelized migration flows, and continuing outmigration of the region's most educated inhabitants.…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Colonialism, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
Recent Changes in Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Migration Streams.
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Fulton, John A.; Fuguitt, Glenn V.; Gibson, Richard M. – Rural Sociology, 1997
Analyzes migration streams between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 1975-93, in terms of sex, race, age, educational attainment, poverty level, and occupational status. Distinct shifts included nonmetro gains and retention of the young and better-educated during the 1970s, loss of those groups in the 1980s, and increased nonmetro population…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Migration Patterns
Rural Areas Attract Young Families and College Graduates.
Nord, Mark; Cromartie, John – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1999
From 1995 through 1997, the rural population increased, especially in the South and West, due to net migration from urban areas. The largest rural gains were among people ages 26 to 30, including many young families. College graduates were well represented among rural in-migrants. Includes migration data by age group, educational attainment,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Blacks, College Graduates, Educational Attainment
Nonmetro Migration Continues Downward Trend.
Cromartie, John – Rural America, 2002
During 1999-2001, the combined effects of far fewer rural inmigrants and many more outmigrants led to the first significant nonmetro population loss since the 1980s. The rural West showed the greatest percentage loss through migration, and only the rural Midwest showed a gain during the period. Nonmetro college graduates showed a large decline,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Brain Drain, College Graduates, Educational Attainment