title: Assessing the differences in distance of interstate migration, 1980.
abstract: "This study examines distance of 1975-80 interstate migration [in the United States] and several explanations for the relations between distance and characteristic of migrants and locations.... Observations are individual records from the 1980 one-in-ten-thousand PUMS files.  The sample is restricted to nonblack, noninstitutionalized head of households, age 25 to 64 in 1980.... We find outmigration is shaped by characteristics of individuals; however, distance of migration is shaped by characteristics at locations. Findings lend support to an interpretation of distance reflecting psychic costs and information and are consistent with a cost/benefit view of factors contributing to distance of migration."
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Ritchey
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Distance; Geographic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; United States