SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Disorganization Theory, Migration Period, Spatial Analysis
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All types of internal migration have common motive: movers" desire for improvement (economic situation or sense of well being) Internal migration: migration within a given territory but involving the crossing of significant administrative boundaries (i. e. those of a city or province) Migration has 3 components: crossing of administrative boundaries, long distance travel, permanent or semi-permanent change in residence. In-migrant" person who migrates into one administrative area from another area within the same country. Out-migrant" people who leave one administrative for another within the same country. These two (in-migrants and out migrants) are comparative to immigrants and emigrants. Sources: population registers, sample surveys, administrative files (i. e. income tax returns, census. Census has questions that ask for address at two points in time tells us about respondents" movements. Consistency in results: over of canadians aged 5+y. o. do not change their place of residence in each census interval.
