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Download full textDeJong, Gordon F. – 1976
In order to test the hypothesis that size of place of residence and urban proximity preferences constitute factors in population dispersal migration behavior, a random sample of 777 Pennsylvania households plus a sample screened for moving probability (N=319) were surveyed via personal interviews in 1974. A follow-up survey on actual migration…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Size, Correlation, Distance
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Albrecht, Don E. – 1985
A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between the preferred and actual residence of homebuyers. Such mismatch is examined using social/psychological, life-cycle, racial, socioeconomic, and occupational factors as possible explanations. Questionnaires mailed to a stratified random sample of 960 homebuyers across 12…
Descriptors: Demography, Homeowners, Housing, Metropolitan Areas
