Mobility and Migration

Using panel data collected in the late 1970s in a small rural city, two approaches to the study of the mover/non-mover dichotomy are compared. The mobility decision-making typology developed by Sell and DeJong (1983) and the model of housing adjustment developed by Morris and Winter (1978) and tested by Crull (1979) are found to show similar results. Both find that satisfaction, housing factors, age and education are significant variables in mobility-migration decisions. Both approaches illustrate that not all movers nor all nonmovers are alike and that there is considerable variation within the dichotomous categories. Additional informationNotes on contributorsSue R. CrullSue R. Crull is Assistant Professor, Department of Family Environment and Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. This study was funded by the Fort Dodge City Planning Department, YOUR Inc., and the Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Iowa State University. The Experiment Station funding was provided in part through Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972. This is Journal Paper No. J-12284 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, Project 2530. A version of this paper was presented at the 1985 Annual Conference of the American Association of Housing Educators, Ames, Iowa

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