title: Components of change in migration and destination-propensity rates for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas: 1935-1980.
abstract: This article focuses on components of change in out-migration and destination-propensity rates of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. The results indicate that changes in subgroup-specific rates were the driving force behind the changing patterns between and within these two areas. Composition effects played a secondary role, mainly counteracting the negative impact of changing rates. Although the rate of change in out-migration from metropolitan areas has been reduced and out-migration from nonmetropolitan areas declined during the most recent period, the propensity to select metropolitan areas increased over the period studied. Finally, rate-specific changes vary by age and education, indicating a change in migration's impact on population composition at origin and destination.
authors.affiliation: Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population