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The Measurement of Migration, from Census Data and other Sources

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  • P H Rees

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England)

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In the first part of the paper a general classification of migration measures is introduced. The rates corresponding to these measures are defined together with the associated populations at risk. A particular problem in migration analysis is then tackled. The questions asked in the British censuses of 1966 and 1971 about migration generate tabulations of migrants over the one year, and over the five years, preceding the census date. It is often observed that the numbers of migrants in the two periods are not linearly related; that is, the number of migrants over five years is less than five times the number over one year. A simple stochastic model embodying population-accounting principles is developed to show why this is the case, and that the relationship between one-year and five-year figures is a complex one involving some multiple migrations, some return migrations, and some deaths.

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  • P H Rees, 1977. "The Measurement of Migration, from Census Data and other Sources," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 9(3), pages 247-272, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:9:y:1977:i:3:p:247-272
    DOI: 10.1068/a090247
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    3. Peter Morrison, 1971. "Chronic movers and the future redistribution of population: A longitudinal analysis," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 8(2), pages 171-184, May.
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    2. Martin Bell & Salut Muhidin, 2009. "Cross-National Comparisons of Internal Migration," Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present) HDRP-2009-30, Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), revised Jul 2009.
    3. James Raymer & Guy Abel & Peter W. F. Smith, 2007. "Combining census and registration data to estimate detailed elderly migration flows in England and Wales," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 170(4), pages 891-908, October.

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