title: A personality theory of U.S. migration geography.
abstract: "Neoclassical models of migration fail to account adequately for individual differences in propensity to migrate, rates of emigration from states and cities, and the generally high rates of population circulation common in the United States.  This article proposes that migration propensity is related to an individual's personality.  Using the facts that personality traits are generationally regenerative, both through inheritance and culture, and that the United States was settled in a series of migration waves from east to west, this theory predicts a spatial structuring of emigration rates which closely correspond to actual rates for states and major cities."
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Stetzer
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005544:Forecasting; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D010551:Personality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Personality; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Forecast; Population Theory; Psychological Factors; Psychosocial Factors; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; United States