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Graber, E. E. – Rural Sociology, 1974
In Colorado people are moving out of the Denver suburbs and into an old mountain town which may be indicative of a national trend. (JC)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Characteristics, Educational Background, Migration Patterns
Ploch, Louis A. – 1984
Analysis of demographic characteristics of 411 recent inmigrants to Maine, as revealed in a random mail-back questionnaire sample of persons who exchanged an out-of-state driver's license for a Maine one during July-December of 1980 or 1983, indicated that trends and relationships noted in previous studies are continuing into the 1980s. Inmigrants…
Descriptors: Age, Demography, Educational Attainment, Family Size
Groves, Robert H.; McCormick, Robert W. – 1976
This study was designed to compare farm brothers who stayed in the rural areas of Ohio with urban brothers who migrated to large metropolitan areas of Ohio. The objectives were (1) to identify and compare selected characteristics of farm owners or operators who stayed on a farm in the Appalachian region of Ohio with selected characteristics of…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Research, Family Mobility, Farmers
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