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Boström, Lena; Dahlin, Rolf – International Education Studies, 2018
This study focus on adolescents motivations about remaining in rural areas in the Mid Sweden Region, a part of Sweden with decreasing school performance scores and high out-migration. The study is based on 1,500 young people's responses to a Web-based survey within the framework of a regional school development project. The research questions…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
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McGee, Leo; Boone, Robert – Black Scholar, 1977
Notes that it is widely accepted that millions of blacks who migrated from the South contributed significantly to the decline of black rural land ownership. However, the less than altruistic behavior patterns of land officials has also contributed to the loss of rural land by blacks. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Factors, Land Acquisition, Land Settlement
Schacht, Robert M.; Minkler, Sam A. – 1991
This study examined the temporary voluntary relocation of rural disabled American Indians to urban areas for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services. An introductory chapter examines the pattern of migration (both nationally and in Arizona), reasons for migration, the federal policy of relocation, and the relocation of American Indians with…
Descriptors: American Indians, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment
Reul, Myrtle R. – 1974
Migration is not a new concept. All through America's history, there has been a push and pull related to population movement. Most Americans have moved several times and from one geographical region to another. Others have moved only a short distance from their birthplace or perhaps not at all. U.S. census information shows that each year nearly…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Black Population Trends, Demography