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Download full textNicholson, Beryl – 1976
Migration over a period of 20 years in 3 neighbouring, but contrasting, communes in North Norway was examined to determine whether a village or small town in a rural area functioned as an intervening opportunity for the area's rural inhabitants. The nature and effects of local migration which occurred in a predominantly rural area during the…
Descriptors: Age, Community Size, Demography, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedChristenson, James A. – Rural Sociology, 1979
Examination of the implications on population redistribution of different value orientations of potential migrants and nonmigrants indicated that value-based push-pull forces seem to operate primarily on potential nonmetro-to-metro movers. Potential areas of social conflict stemming from such redistribution were noted. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Migrants, Migration
Reul, Myrtle R. – 1974
Migration is not a new concept. All through America's history, there has been a push and pull related to population movement. Most Americans have moved several times and from one geographical region to another. Others have moved only a short distance from their birthplace or perhaps not at all. U.S. census information shows that each year nearly…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Black Population Trends, Demography
National Urban Indian Council, Denver, CO. – 1982
A source document on American Indians and Alaska Natives in urban areas, produced by the National Urban Indian Council, provides historical background on relocation to cities, comments on the trust relationship for off-reservation American Indians, discusses urban Indian organizations, and gives statistical information on American Indian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian History, American Indians, Eskimos
Wegmann, Robert G. – 1976
The available literature on white flight, or, more properly, school resegregation -- the phenomenon of white withdrawal (total or partial) from desegregated schools -- is reviewed in this paper which also reports some new research in this area. The distinction is made between those schools located on the fringes of the inner city, which first…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Disadvantaged Youth
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1978
This document examines the geographical mobility of population in the United States from 1975 to 1977. It is divided into three main parts. The first part briefly traces the interregional migration of blacks, the black return migration to their region of birth, the interregional migration of whites, and the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Census Figures, Ethnic Status, Family Mobility
