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Campbell, Rex R.; Garkovich, Lorraine – Rural Sociology, 1984
Presents a collective behavior model for examining the population turnaround (urban to rural migration) of the 1960s/1970s as a specific form of mass movement. Specifies the value-added process that produced this particular episode at this particular point in social history. Explores factors influencing decline in turnaround migration. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Migration Patterns, Models, Motivation
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Adamchak, Donald J. – Rural Sociology, 1987
Surveys importance of economic and environmental factors in motivation of metro- and nonmetro-origin migrants relocating in 13 Kansas nonmetropolitan nonamenity turnaround counties. Finds employment-related reasons predominate, with economic characteristics of counties a significant factor. Quality of life/environmental reasons were less…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Employment
Heaton, Tim B. – 1980
Aging of the national population coupled with shifts in long-term redistribution trends have sparked interest in the spatial distribution of the elderly population. The insufficiency of economic models for explanations of elderly migration has been recognized and new approaches are being developed. Findings regarding the effects of retirement,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attribution Theory, Decision Making, Demography
Long, Larry H.; DeAre, Diana – 1980
An unexpected demographic development in the United States in the 1970's was the shift of nonmetropolitan areas to net inmigration, reversing a 70-year trend. Using the 1970 definition of metropolitan, the percent of the population living in metropolitan areas fell from 69% in 1970 to 67.8% in 1978. No easily identifiable set of reasons explained…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Metropolitan Areas