TY - JOUR
T1 - When a residence is not a house
T2 - Examining residence-based migration definitions
AU - Behr, Michelle
AU - Gober, Patricia
PY - 1982/5
Y1 - 1982/5
N2 - Traditional definitions of migration contain implicit assumptions: origin and destination places are fixed residences, households inhabit one residence at any given time, and dwelling units form the center of individual activity spaces. Though these assumptions hold for certain movers, they restrict migration studies to a narrow range of movement. It is argued here that such assumptions bias present notions of migrant behavior and selectivity. A more realistic appraisal might consider integration in sets of spatial networks rather than movement between two discrete points in space.
AB - Traditional definitions of migration contain implicit assumptions: origin and destination places are fixed residences, households inhabit one residence at any given time, and dwelling units form the center of individual activity spaces. Though these assumptions hold for certain movers, they restrict migration studies to a narrow range of movement. It is argued here that such assumptions bias present notions of migrant behavior and selectivity. A more realistic appraisal might consider integration in sets of spatial networks rather than movement between two discrete points in space.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1982.00178.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1982.00178.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001482709
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 34
SP - 178
EP - 184
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 2
ER -