Chronic Movers and the Future Redistribution of Population : A Longitudinal Analysis.

Peter A. Morrison

Expert InsightsPublished 1970

This research has 2 purposes: (1) It attempts to identify quantitative relationships between individual- and household-level factors and the differential propensity to move. The findings indicate that redistribution of population may be largely a matter of habitual movers changing residence repeatedly and frequently. (2) It examines how the effects of habitual movement are manifested at the metropolitan scale and identifies aggregate indexes that capture the most important features of local population composition for predictive purposes. Rates of population movement are found to vary principally with the relative concentration of chronic movers in a standard metropolitan statistical area. Several implications for policies to guide future population distribution are discussed. 31 pp.

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  • Year: 1970
  • Pages: 31
  • Document Number: P-4440

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Morrison, Peter A., Chronic Movers and the Future Redistribution of Population : A Longitudinal Analysis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1970. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4440.html.
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