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Roseman, Curtis C.; Knight, Prentice L., III – Professional Geographer, 1975
Examines characteristics of the residential movement of a sample of individual black households in both segregated and integrated neighborhoods in twelve large cities of the northern and western United States, reporting analyses of the process of adjustment to a new environment the "mover-stayer" concept, and the integration status of a migrant's…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Characteristics, Demography, Family Mobility
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Graber, E. E. – Rural Sociology, 1974
In Colorado people are moving out of the Denver suburbs and into an old mountain town which may be indicative of a national trend. (JC)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Characteristics, Educational Background, Migration Patterns
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Funkhouser, Edward; Ramos, Fernando A. – International Migration Review, 1993
Using figures from the 1980 Census, the importance of relative earnings and culture in the choice of immigration destination (Puerto Rico or mainland United States) for immigrants from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean is examined. Not all differences in location decision are attributable to differences in reward structure by location. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
Johnson, Ronald L.; Johnson, Kent J. – 1968
A study compared social and social-psychological characteristics of 112 male respondents who moved to 4 other states from North Dakota (the most rural state in the nation) between the years 1961 and 1965 with similar characteristics of 513 North Dakota male residents who remained in their respective communities throughout the five-year period.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Males
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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