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Economic and quality-of-life considerations in urban-rural migration
Abstract Social and economic conditions have changed rapidly since the 1970s, making relocation to nonmetropolitan areas more feasible [Wardwell J.M. (1977) Rural Sociology 42, 156–179; Zelinsky W. (1978) Demography 15, 13–39]. Urban-rural migration to areas with outdoor recreation settings, universities and retirement facilities particularly, implies that life-style preferences or stage of life have led to the attraction to rural areas [Fuguitt G. and Zuiches J. (1975) Demography 12, 491–504; Ritchey P.N. (1976) Explanations of migration. In Annual Review of Sociology (Vol. 2), Inkeles A. (ed.). Annual Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto]. During the years 1981–1983, a sample of recent in-migrants to the Gallatin Valley of Montana was drawn from new telephone listings. Interviews of these newcomers inquired why they had been attracted to the area, and the relative importance of quality-of-life as opposed to economic motivations in their decisions to relocate. Log-linear analyses indicated a strong association between respondents' reasons for relocating and their reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley. Persons reporting non-job motives for out-migration, identified non-job considerations as their exclusive reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley. Persons who moved for job-related reasons, indicated that such reasons were of primary consideration in their selection of the Gallatin Valley, although non-job motives played a secondary role. There was also an association between respondents' socio-economic status (SES) and their reasons for relocating. Families of higher SES identified both economic and quality-of-life factors as major reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley, while lower SES families mentioned only quality-of-life variables. These findings suggest the importance of economic motivations and of quality-of-life considerations, especially for lower SES migrants. This may signal an emerging ethic dictated by a search primarily for life quality, and in which economic security is only an incidental consideration for some migrants.
Economic and quality-of-life considerations in urban-rural migration
Abstract Social and economic conditions have changed rapidly since the 1970s, making relocation to nonmetropolitan areas more feasible [Wardwell J.M. (1977) Rural Sociology 42, 156–179; Zelinsky W. (1978) Demography 15, 13–39]. Urban-rural migration to areas with outdoor recreation settings, universities and retirement facilities particularly, implies that life-style preferences or stage of life have led to the attraction to rural areas [Fuguitt G. and Zuiches J. (1975) Demography 12, 491–504; Ritchey P.N. (1976) Explanations of migration. In Annual Review of Sociology (Vol. 2), Inkeles A. (ed.). Annual Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto]. During the years 1981–1983, a sample of recent in-migrants to the Gallatin Valley of Montana was drawn from new telephone listings. Interviews of these newcomers inquired why they had been attracted to the area, and the relative importance of quality-of-life as opposed to economic motivations in their decisions to relocate. Log-linear analyses indicated a strong association between respondents' reasons for relocating and their reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley. Persons reporting non-job motives for out-migration, identified non-job considerations as their exclusive reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley. Persons who moved for job-related reasons, indicated that such reasons were of primary consideration in their selection of the Gallatin Valley, although non-job motives played a secondary role. There was also an association between respondents' socio-economic status (SES) and their reasons for relocating. Families of higher SES identified both economic and quality-of-life factors as major reasons for selecting the Gallatin Valley, while lower SES families mentioned only quality-of-life variables. These findings suggest the importance of economic motivations and of quality-of-life considerations, especially for lower SES migrants. This may signal an emerging ethic dictated by a search primarily for life quality, and in which economic security is only an incidental consideration for some migrants.
Economic and quality-of-life considerations in urban-rural migration
Williams, Anne S. (author) / Jobes, Patrick C. (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 6 ; 187-194
1990-01-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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