title: On the move: migration, urbanization and development in Papua New Guinea.
abstract: "Migration and urbanization data from Papua New Guinea's first truly national census in 1980 are considered against a backdrop of spatial and social inequalities.  Source and destination factors affecting migration flows and destinations are found to relate to population density, availability of rural wages, ease of access, destination wage-earning opportunities, historical linkages and present day developments.  Short-distance migration differs from longer-distance migration; many migrants are short-term, and possibly circular, migrants.  Migration and urbanization are considered part of the same process of developmental change."  A section is included on earlier censuses and surveys, data reliability, and related problems.
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D008542:Melanesia; D010139:Pacific Islands; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012922:Social Change; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Census; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Distance; Economic Conditions; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Informal Sector; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Measurement; Melanesia; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Oceania; Papua New Guinea; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Rural-urban Migration; Social Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Time Factors; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Wages