title: Occupational mobility of heads of households migrating to Medina.
abstract: "The aim of this study is to determine the effect of internal and external migration on the occupational mobility of the heads of households migrating to Medina [Saudi Arabia]....[It] is based on a survey of families in Medina which was conducted by the author in 1986/1987." The results show that "the majority of the migrants were able to achieve positive vocational mobility as a result of their migration.  However, there are some distinctions in the extent of this positiveness between Saudi Arabian and non-Saudi Arabian migrants, as well as between urban and rural migrants.... The main factors affecting migration to Medina are difference in income, as well as in the educational level at origin and at destination."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007182:Income; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012424:Rural Population; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Family And Household; Head Of Household; Households; Income; Labor Migration; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Occupational Status--changes; Origin; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Rural Population; Saudi Arabia; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Population; Western Asia