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Goldstein, Sidney; Goldstein, Alice – 1986
Using data from the 1960, 1970, and 1980 censuses of Thailand, this paper explores the changing pattern of internal migration. Throughout the period, the census indicates a high degree of stability. Lifetime migration shows a slight rise in each period; recently it has risen in inter- as opposed to intra-regional movement. Five year…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Migration, Migration Patterns

Johnson, James H., Jr. – Urban League Review, 1990
Presents a geographical analysis of African American migration estimates compiled by the Census Bureau for the 1980-85 period. Argues that structural changes in employment opportunities and the housing affordability crisis in some of the nation's largest metropolitan areas are the dominant forces influencing current African American population…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Employment Opportunities
Thomas, Donald W. – 1986
This study of population change in Ohio during the 1960s and 1970s analyzed change by size of place and found sharp contrasts between the two decades. Places in metropolitan core counties which had the highest growth rate in the 1960s showed that lowest growth rate in the 1970s. Small towns in fringe metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan counties…
Descriptors: Community Size, Municipalities, Population Distribution, Population Growth
Knop, Edward, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Because migration trends in the West and their consequences have sometimes served as indicators of what other regions can expect, it is important that such trends and effects be monitored and analyzed. This bulletin describes patterns of migration, assesses individual and family and social considerations in western migration, and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demography, Employment Patterns, Family Mobility
Scommegna, Paola, Ed. – 1986
This pamphlet explores the dynamics of world population, highlighting steps world leaders can take to address population problems and improve the lives of people worldwide. With jet-age transportation and electronic communication, economic and social interdependence of nations is greater than ever before and is likely to increase in the future.…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Migration, Population Distribution, Population Trends

Pannell, Clifton – Journal of Geography, 1995
Maintains that Chinese urbanization is proceeding rapidly in step with population growth and a structural shift in employment patterns. Discusses governmental policies and economic reforms that enhance the urbanization process. Describes four extended metropolitan areas and maintains they will be the models for future urbanization. (CFR)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Beale, Calvin L.; Fuguitt, Glenn V. – 1985
All through the 1970-1980 decade, growth of population took place in the rural and small town areas of the United States where very little had occurred in earlier recent decades. In general, the trend can be viewed as one that was primarily socially motivated but facilitated by improved rural economic conditions. By contrast, in the first 3 years…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Migration Patterns, Motivation, Population Distribution

Gregory, James N. – Journal of American History, 1995
Advocates greater use of the Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), computer readable samples of individual and household records from the manuscript census schedules. An analysis of southern migration during and after World War II reveals the wealth of material in PUMS and the many ways it can be used. (MJP)
Descriptors: Archives, Blacks, Census Figures, Data Collection
Lichter, Daniel T.; And Others – 1983
The 1970's ushered in widespread population deconcentration, seen in the pervasive shift of the United States population down the size-of-place scale. To document population changes in various sized places in the country from 1950 to 1980 and to show the pervasiveness of urban-rural deconcentration in nonmetropolitan areas, researchers examined…
Descriptors: Demography, Metropolitan Areas, Population Distribution, Population Growth
Ellis, Diane C. – 1987
This report, based on data from the 1980 U.S. Bureau of the Census, examines the geographic locations of artists and summarizes the numbers of artists and their basic characteristics for each state and the major Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA). It also compares 1970 and 1980 populations of employed artists in each state and presents…
Descriptors: Artists, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Geographic Distribution

Lockwood, Catherine M. – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Investigates townsite distribution in South Dakota's land settlement pattern. Reviews past theories explaining eastern South Dakota's systematic spacing of towns along rail lines. Indicates a correlation between railroad functions and town development, advancing the theory that nineteenth-century railroad technology, involving traffic control and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Human Geography, Land Settlement

Miller, Louisa – Current Population Reports, 1987
The total population of the United States including the Armed Forces overseas was 241,596,000 on July 1, 1986. The median age of the population rose from 30.0 years on April 1, 1980, to 31.8 years on July 1, 1986, while the fastest growing segments of the population between 1980 and 1986 were the groups aged 35 to 44 years and 85 years and over.…
Descriptors: Economics, Educational Resources, Ethnic Distribution, Instructional Materials
Glasgow, Nina; Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Examines general demographic, social, and economic situation of older rural people and how their conditons do or do not differ from those of older urbanites. Contrasts migration trends, living arrangements, income, housing, transportation, communication, and health. Figures and tables provide population, residency, living arrangement, and poverty…
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Health Needs, Housing Needs, Middle Aged Adults

Massey, Douglas S.; Hajnal, Zoltan L. – Social Science Quarterly, 1995
Measures black segregation at four geographic levels: state, county, city, and neighborhood, from 1900 to 1990. Cross-references data from the decennial U.S. census with dissimilarity and isolation indices. Concludes that segregation patterns have consistently evolved to minimize white contact with blacks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Blacks, Census Figures, Demography
Goodwin, H. L., Jr.; Thomas, John K. – 1985
Analysis of census data indicates major population, industrial, and occupational changes occurred in many of Texas' 254 counties from 1960 to 1980. While 103 counties experienced rapid population growth by both natural and migration, patterns of change were dissimilar. Population grew steadily in metropolitan counties over the two decades.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Change, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities