title: Multiperiod migration patterns:  the timing and frequency of household responses.
abstract: "The structure of intertemporal patterns of household migration responses is empirically examined.  The findings indicate that migration decisions are often related to changes in household conditions in both prior as well as following periods, are dependent on the duration of household status characteristics (e.g., marital status) and not just their presence at any point in time, and finally that migration response in any particular period very often differs among households as a result of differences in the underlying structure of migration frequency behavior. These findings suggest that inferences based on comparisons of household migration responses over only a single period of time are incomplete, possibly to the point of being misleading."  The study is based on a calculation of "the distribution of migration patterns between 1976 and 1979 for a sample of 4,739 households in the [U.S.] Michigan Panel Survey on Income Dynamics (PSIC)."
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krumm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Comparative Studies; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics--changes; Households--changes; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Time Factors; United States