title: Migration distances: an international comparison.
abstract: Comparing the level or amount of migration within different countries has been a longstanding problem because the local administrative areas commonly used as the basis for measuring migration vary greatly in size and significance within and between countries. Distance moved is a critical aspect of most concepts of migration, and measuring it would facilitate cross-national comparisons. Apparently only the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden have measured migration distances for the country as a whole, and this information is used as the basis for comparative analysis of spatial mobility.
authors.affiliation: Center for Demographic Studies, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Urton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States