title: Deciding to move home: a preliminary analysis of household migration behaviour in Scotland.
abstract: "This paper examines data from a mainland Scotland survey of household migration into owner-occupied properties identified from the Register of Sasines. Plotting of movements reveals migration patterns, but of arguably greater interest are the increasingly segmented and largely unexplored household decisions which drive migration. The purpose of the survey was to reveal something of these migration processes.  Overview results presented here confirm that most moves are short distance, reasons for moving differ according to distance travelled, and although employment remains important for long-distance moves, its significance has declined in favour of quality of life considerations."
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012606:Scotland; D012946:Social Welfare; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Distance; Economic Factors; Employment; Europe; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Households; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Northern Europe; Population; Population Dynamics; Quality Of Life; Residence Characteristics; Residential Mobility; Scotland; Social Welfare; Spatial Distribution; United Kingdom