Toney M B
Demography. 1978 May;15(2):205-12.
This research examines the role of social and economic factors in the past selection of destinations made by migrants living in Rhode Island. Results indicate that social ties play a more important role in the selection of destinations with low levels of opportunity than they do in the movement to high opportunity areas. An important aspect of the study was the simultaneous investigation of both objective and subjective measures of social and economic factors in the selection of low and high growth destinations. The analysis suggests that the simultaneous consideration of objective and subjective factors provides a more refined accounting of the potential influence of social and economic factors in the selection of destinations. The findings hold when age is introduced as a control.
本研究考察了社会和经济因素在罗德岛州移民过去选择目的地时所起的作用。结果表明，与向机会水平高的地区迁移相比，社会关系在机会水平低的目的地选择中发挥着更重要的作用。该研究的一个重要方面是同时调查社会和经济因素在选择低增长和高增长目的地时的客观和主观衡量指标。分析表明，同时考虑客观和主观因素能更精确地说明社会和经济因素在目的地选择中的潜在影响。当将年龄作为控制变量引入时，这些发现依然成立。
