SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Indian Register, Canadian Prairies, Spatial Analysis
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Migration in demography migration is usually understood to have 3 main components: the crossing of administrative boundaries, long distance travel, permanent or semi-permanent change in residence. The uniqueness of migration all countries require that births and deaths can be reported to governmental statistical bureaus, this isn"t the case with migration. Most comprehensive data source is census: typically the census will ask respondents to state their address at two points in time: one census day and at some earlier data (usually 5 years before) For this reason, census data underestimate the true extent of migration during a five year period: 2nd: sampling error. Mobility question is not asked of all census respondents only of the 20 percent of households that receive the long census form. The clear advantage of census data is that they cover entire country and make it possible to cross classify movers by a host of individual characteristics.
