Legal migrants from rural Michoacan, Mexico, tended to migrate in larger groups than illegal migrants and were more likely to be accompanied by wives and children. Legal migrants also spent less time away from home each year and demonstrated greater geographic mobility while in the United States than illegals. (Author/GC)

Addresses two issues concerning the integration and mobility of undocumented immigrants in the United States: (1) whether they improve earnings and occupational status over time; and (2) variation in occupational status and mobility by gender and region. Data from the 1989 Legalized Population Survey show improvement in earnings and status for…

Suggests that Canada's rates of immigration and migration are closely bound to that nation's sequence of development. (Author)

This paper determines the degree to which recent Soviet migration can be adequately described by generalizations concerning Western experience. (Author)

To facilitate cross-cultural inquiry, there is a strong desire for precise definitions of movement based upon strictly specified criteria. Although unresolved, much of the concern expressed could be met if definitions are acknowledged to reflect the nature of the research problem, and to vary with the level of inquiry. (Author)

Analyzes census data from 1960, 1970, and 1980. Finds that the rates of interstate migration of all minority groups moved closer to or surpassed those of Whites by the 1975-80 period. (DM)