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Michelson, William; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1973
This paper summarizes intentions and expectations in differential residential selection among families who had chose to move. Wives appear at face value to assess alternatives in the selection process rationally, to be aware of limitations in housing and location they will experience, and to have expectations about behavioral changes consistant…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Family Mobility, Relocation
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Butler, Edgar W.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1973
The analysis suggests that for both males and females moving, whether voluntary or involuntary, decreases formal organizational participation, has little effect upon informal social relations either within or outside the neighborhood of residence, relatively small impact upon how respondents perceive their neighbors, and little effect upon the…
Descriptors: Family Mobility, Females, Males, Relocation
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Roseman, Curtis C.; Knight, Prentice L., III – Professional Geographer, 1975
Examines characteristics of the residential movement of a sample of individual black households in both segregated and integrated neighborhoods in twelve large cities of the northern and western United States, reporting analyses of the process of adjustment to a new environment the "mover-stayer" concept, and the integration status of a migrant's…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Characteristics, Demography, Family Mobility
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Verropoulou, Georgia; Joshi, Heather; Wiggins, Richard – Children & Society, 2002
Examined the relationship between moving home, family structure, and children's well-being in the National Child Development Study (NCDS) Second-Generation, a study following over 17,000 Britons born in 1 week in 1958. Found little to no association between moving home and children's well-being. Associations between family living arrangements and…
Descriptors: Children, Cohort Analysis, Family Mobility, Family Structure
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Loo, Chalsa; Mar, Don – Journal of Social Issues, 1982
A study of desired residential mobility among residents of San Francisco's Chinatown generally confirms the thesis that confinement to a first settlement enclave is due to constraints on choice, and abandonment of this area occurs with increased economic status and greater choice availability. (GC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Chinese Americans, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Jud, G. Donald – 1982
To further test Charles Tiebout's suggestion that households reveal their preferences for public goods through their decisions to relocate, questionnaires were sent to the 2,290 people who bought homes in Charlotte (North Carolina) during 1977 and who were still living in the same house during the summer of 1981. Each of the 1,176 respondents…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Family Mobility, Models
Larner, Mary B. – 1986
The United States is known as a mobile society and recently Sweden has also seen higher rates of mobility. A study was conducted to examine how local residential mobility affects the lives of families in Sweden and in black and white communities in the United States, and to investigate how moving affects social networks. Interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Family Mobility, Foreign Countries
Moore, Eric G. – 1971
The projection of enrollment changes is vital to the planning of educational facilities. However, existing methods of projecting urban populations fall short of acceptable performance because they fail to adequately take into account residential mobility. As a starting point for improving these methods, this report develops an accounting model of…
Descriptors: Databases, Enrollment, Enrollment Projections, Facility Planning
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Tucker, C. Jack; Marx, Jonathan; Long, Larry – Sociology of Education, 1998
Uses data from the Child Health Supplement to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey to investigate the impact of mobility on the school lives of elementary-age school children in families with both biological parents present and those in alternate family structures. Summarizes previous research and includes tabular and statistical data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Sociology, Elementary Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
Rosenberg, Terry J. – 1974
This study relates the residential segregation or ghettoization of the Puerto Rican population in New York City to the employment opportunities, mobility and assimilation of the minority. Both ecological and individual level approaches are utilized to investigate three basic questions: (1) What are the mechanisms of the influence of ghetto…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Family Mobility
Gray, Morris J.; And Others – 1978
As part of an ongoing investigation to determine the locational behavior of single-family-housing residents on the metropolitan fringe, a pilot study was conducted which simulated residential choice by asking respondents to rate the economy, convenience, and desirability of rural housing descriptions relative to a standard suburban residence. Four…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Family Mobility, Housing Needs, Land Settlement
Ploch, Louis A. – 1985
Out-of-state persons moving to Maine during the July through December period of either 1980 or 1983 were queried to determine why they chose Maine, what their levels of satisfaction were with life in Maine, and in what activities they participated or planned to participate. The majority of the 417 survey respondents were from large counties in the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Satisfaction, Family Mobility, Geographic Location
Moore, Eric G. – 1972
This resource paper is designed to supplement undergraduate college geography courses at the introductory and advanced level; it is intended for the use of both the student and instructor. Two perspectives are discussed: the nature of individual movement behavior and the consequences of large numbers of moves for change in neighborhood…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Family Mobility, Geography Instruction