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Peer reviewedAlonso, William – Public Interest, 1978
This article suggests that there are three principal sources of metropolitan population decline: the declining birth rate, the reversal of rural-to-urban migration, and inter-metropolitan migration. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Decentralization, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns
Download full textKrout, John A. – 1978
To further an explanation of the post-1970 United States demographic phenomenon of increased population for non-metropolitan areas, the relationship of 3 ecological phenomena to non-metropolitan net migration rates between the 1960's and the 1970's is examined for a random stratified sample of 380 United States non-metropolitan counties (primarily…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Community Resources, Demography, Ecology
Beale, Calvin L.; Fuguitt, Glenn V. – 1985
All through the 1970-1980 decade, growth of population took place in the rural and small town areas of the United States where very little had occurred in earlier recent decades. In general, the trend can be viewed as one that was primarily socially motivated but facilitated by improved rural economic conditions. By contrast, in the first 3 years…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Migration Patterns, Motivation, Population Distribution
