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How far do internal migrants really move? Demonstrating a new method for the estimation of intra-zonal distance.
- Source :
- Regional Studies Regional Science; Dec2016, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p28-47, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper makes use of data on origin to destination migration by postcode derived from a large biannual consumer survey, Acxiom’s Research Opinion Poll, to measure distances of migration within England in the mid-2000s. These data provide an opportunity to evaluate conventional methods of centroid-based estimation of inter-zonal distance and area-based estimation of intra-zonal distance, and demonstrate how the latter in particular generates problematic estimates. A new regression-based approach for generating intra-zonal distance is presented, resulting in significantly improved goodness-of-fit statistics when used in doubly constrained spatial interaction modelling of migration flows for local authority districts in England from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- INTERNAL migration
DISTANCES
POSTAL codes
CONSUMER surveys
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21681376
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Regional Studies Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120493584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2015.1109473