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Leistritz, F. Larry; Cordes, Sam; Sell, Randall S.; Allen, John C.; Filkins, Rebecca – Rural America, 2000
A study of characteristics and motives of migrants to the Northern Great Plains surveyed 1,590 new residents in Nebraska and North Dakota. New arrivals were younger and had higher educational levels than existing residents. Most often cited reasons for moving were desire to be closer to relatives, safety concerns, and quality of the natural…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Income
Download full textPollard, Kelvin; And Others – 1990
In the 1980s the outmigration from rural areas of young and well educated adults was prompted by the decline of rural industries and the resultant economic stress. This paper examines the issue of selective migration during the 1980s by comparing young people who left their hometown to those who stayed behind. Longitudinal survey data collected in…
Descriptors: Demography, High School Seniors, High Schools, Income
Murdock, Steve H. – 1978
To determine the dominant ecosystem types in nonmetropolitan counties and the role of ecological factors in determination of levels of total and age-specific migration patterns within nonmetropolitan areas and ecosystem types for 1950-60 and 1960-70, 30 ecological variables representing POET concepts of population, organization, environment, and…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Demography, Ecological Factors, Ecology
Peer reviewedMuilu, Toivo; Rusanen, Jarmo – Journal of Rural Studies, 2003
Analysis of georeferenced population data for Finland, 1970-2000, showed that rural youth, particularly rural young women, have been moving out of sparsely populated areas to growth centers and more densely populated areas in general. Interview data from young people included attitudes toward migration versus staying put, usually related to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Aspiration, Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Gladhart, Peter Michael; Britten, Patricia – 1978
A rural township in one of the fastest growing counties in northern Michigan was selected as a prototype for changes in small rural communities experiencing rapid population growth due to inmigration. In 1973, 180 permanent residents and 58 seasonal homeowners in Hayes Township completed questionnaires covering household composition; family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Hamilton, William L.; And Others – 1970
Focusing on individual decisions, the study examined why the rural poor migrated to urban areas. Rural-to-urban migrants were those persons having lived in places of less than 25,000 population and currently residing in major cities. Southeastern blacks, Appalachian whites, and Southwestern Spanish Americans were interviewed in two…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Factors
