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Download full textAbramson, Jane A. – 1968
Personal interviews with 100 former farm operators living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, were conducted in an attempt to understand the nature of the adjustment process caused by migration from rural to urban surroundings. Requirements for inclusion in the study were that respondents had owned or operated a farm for at least 3 years, had left their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Conflict Resolution, Economic Factors, Interviews
Essang, Sunday M.; Mabawonku, Adewale F. – 1974
This economic analysis of migration was designed to test the following six hypotheses on the causes of out-migration from agriculture and its effect on the rural economy of Western Nigeria: (1) age of the rural family, of which the migrant is a member, is positively related to rural-urban migration rate; (2) a positive relationship exists between…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Change, Economic Research, Educational Background
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
Tilly, Charles – 1965
Wilmington, Delaware, a medium-sized industrial center in the eastern United States, was the site for this study of migration. The report presents some of the major ideas, hypotheses, and findings of a study on recruitment, movement, and assimilation of migrants into Wilmington. Data for the study were obtained from the 1960 census figures and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blue Collar Occupations, Census Figures, Demography
Clark-Lewis, Elizabeth – 1985
Experiences of black women, who migrated from the rural south to the District of Columbia between 1900 and 1926, are examined in order to illustrate the nature of household work during this period. While previous research on black private household workers usually attributed changes in household labor to architectural and technological trends,…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Employment, Black Population Trends, Employed Women
Molohon, Kathryn Theresa – 1977
Adjustment of American Indians to a major urban institution, exemplified by public schools, and adaptations to urban life in general were examined, using data collected between 1965 and 1969, and focusing on intensive observations of 24 randomly-selected American Indian students (19 high school, 5 elementary) attending East San Francisco Bay Area…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
