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Morrison, Peter A. – 1974
The United States is a highly urbanized nation with space in abundance, yet large portions of its national territory are emptying out. The counterpart of this pervasive population decline is a highly selective pattern of growth, conferred by a national system of migration flows that has increasingly favored a certain few metropolitan areas. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demography, Inner City, Metropolitan Areas
Kaluzny, Richard L. – 1975
The objective of this study is to examine and compare the determinants of migration for households grouped first by race and then by poverty level. Household demographic and economic characteristics are defined in the context of a linear probability function. A measure of the expected gain from migration is developed to reflect the relative…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Family Characteristics, Family Income
Beale, Calvin L. – 1975
Rapid rural outmovement began around 1940. This trend continued in the 1950's as farm adjustments rapidly took place and the worker-short cities welcomed rural manpower. The majority of nonmetro counties had greater retention of population in the 1960's. The peak of potential migration was reached and passed by the mid-1960's. Due to emerging…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Decentralization, Demography, Economic Factors
Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As a part of the National Study of American Indian Education, this report deals with the urbanization of American Indians in the Los Angeles area, where the present Indian population consists almost entirely of people who have in-migrated within the last 35 years. It is noted that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), with its relocation program for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Church Role, Demography
Drabick, Lawrence W. – 1970
The study was designed to determine the relationship between a student's intention to migrate from his community of residence and his vocational and educational expectations. In rural North Carolina, 1068 senior students (Negroes and whites) in 23 high schools were interviewed. Variables examined included sex, socioeconomic status, intelligence,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Students, High School Seniors, High School Students
Flinn, William L. – 1966
This report examines reasons for movement of farmers to urban areas in an effort to determine whether migration is of an unselective nature or based on a selective process with regard to education, sex, age, and other factors. The investigation focuses on a specific case study in which the following aspects are discussed: (1) background…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Land Settlement, Land Use, Latin American Culture
Parai, Louis – 1969
The impact of immigration and emigration on Canada's stock of professional and skilled manpower was analyzed for the period 1946-1963. Although the number of immigrants is recorded by Canadian authorities there is no complete record of emigration from Canada; however, a reasonably reliable picture was obtained from emigration data of other…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Foreign Countries, Labor Utilization, Migration Patterns
Geschwind, R. D.; Ruttan, V. W. – 1961
The model developed by Olson and reported in "Job Mobility and Migration in a High Income Rural Community" (RC 003 821) was utilized in this study of the mobility and migration in the low income, rural Shoals, Indiana, community. The data collected in this study were compared to that of the previous study and the conclusions support the usefulness…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Income, Low Income Counties
Hippler, Arthur E. – 1969
Following an introductory chapter on the general migration patterns in Alaska, this report concentrates on the towns of Barrow and Kotzebue. These towns are both affected by the migration of Alaskan natives from smaller to larger villages because of better wages, opportunities for more social interaction, and availability of amenities such as the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Demography, Disadvantaged
Blum, Zahava D.; And Others – 1970
Changes which individuals experience during their life cycles include changes in household composition and changes in place of residence. Household composition and geographical locations throughout the life cycle are of special interest in understanding other aspects of an individual's life. Occupational opportunities may be restricted or enhanced…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Black Employment, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, Austin. – 1970
The Texas farm labor pool is made up almost entirely of Mexican Americans; many of these are naturalized but the majority are native-born American citizens whose families and ethnic ties remain in and around the border. All of these field workers have, at some time, migrated to a job or in search of a job either interstate or within the boundaries…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Automation, Education
Price, Daniel O. – 1969
This is the second volume of a study that evaluated rural migration patterns of Mexican Americans, Negroes, and Anglo-Americans who moved from the Southern States to urban areas. Six of the 14 chapters in the report are included in this volume, covering analysis of occupational distribution among white collar, blue collar and semiskilled,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Blacks, Economic Factors
McWilliams, Carey, Ed. – 1968
The 4 main sections of this publication are (1) A Special Minority, which deals with settlement in the Southwest and historical background of the Hispanos; (2) The Great Invasion, which discusses Mexican immigration and Hispanos and industrial employment; (3) The Mexican Problem, which treats the Hispano "language problem" and social…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Employment, Field Trips
Sizer, Leonard M.; Smith, Edward A. – 1972
The application of migration and plant location theories to Jackson County, West Virginia, formerly a rural agricultural county and now the location of an aluminum reduction plant, is described in this paper. Data collected from a representative sample of households in Jackson County--a 5% area probability sample in rural Jackson County, a 10%…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communications, Community Development, Ecology
Marra, John Leslie – 1971
An exploratory study focusing upon the career choosing patterns of high school seniors in a relatively isolated, coal-mining county of West Virginia is reported in this paper. The 2 basic hypotheses examined were that rural youth from upper status family backgrounds will have higher status career orientations than those from lower status family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, College Attendance, Cultural Influences
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