GGRC02H3 Final: GGRC02 Lecture Notes After Midterm - Winter 2017
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International migration (subnational migration): movement withi(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:271)o(cid:396)de(cid:396)s; also known as spatial/residential mobility. Out-migration: act of leaving a location for another. Net migration: difference between arrivals/departures (most countries have negative. In-migration: act of migrating into new area net migration) Emigration: act of leaving one country for another. Immigration: act of migrating into a new country. Migratory selectivity: selectivity by age: young adults 20-29 far more likely to migrate than other age groups. Young adults able to adapt more easily to new conditions and can also change jobs (cid:373)o(cid:396)e easil(cid:455) si(cid:374)(cid:272)e the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:448)e o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:396)e(cid:272)e(cid:374)tl(cid:455) joi(cid:374)ed la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e. In the developing world, single adults usually migrate whereas in first-world, young married adults are nearly as mobile as single adults. **migratory patterns by age are stable across time and place; they are generally low in childhood, increases in late teens, peaks in young adulthood, low in late adulthood and rise slightly in older age: selectivity by sex.
