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Community satisfaction, expectations of moving, and migration

Author(s) -

Robert L. Bach,

Joel Smith

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060573

Subject(s) - internal migration , test (biology) , demographic economics , interval (graph theory) , psychology , population , social psychology , demography , geography , sociology , economics , mathematics , paleontology , combinatorics , biology

A previous residential mobility model (Speare, 1974) assumes an additive relationship between residential satisfaction, desire to move, and mobility. This paper elaborates the model and applies it to intercounty migration. An interaction between community satisfaction and expectations to migrate is hypothesized which distinguishes four groups of decision makers. A survey in Durham, North Carolina and a unique mobility followup over eight years provide the data to test the model and the interaction. Furthermore, using various time periods for identifying migrants offers some methodological insights. Results support Speare’s general formulation but only after the interaction is taken into account. A three-year migration interval is found to be appropriate.

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