title: Migration and the life course.
abstract: The importance of migration as a biographic event within the life course is asserted, using data for the former Federal Republic of Germany. "The migration process can be described by...various factors like the frequency of moves, the age when changing residence, the distance, the direction, [and] the motives.... Each change of residence has both a retrospective and prospective aspect.  Additionally, changes in other biographic processes like marriage or births of children in the familial career or changes in the occupational career directly influence migration decisions.  But there are also effects in the opposite direction:  the migration process can influence the further development of other biographic processes.  Thus, there exist a very complex structure of strong interdependent relationships between the several biographic careers." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flothmann
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D005860:Germany, West; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008393:Marriage; D009042:Motivation; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics
keywords: Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Distance; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Life Cycle; Family Research; Geographic Factors; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Human Resources; Life Cycle; Living Arrangements--changes; Marriage; Migration; Motivation; Nuptiality; Occupations; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Residence Characteristics--changes; Residential Mobility; Spatial Distribution; Western Europe