Pandora's box: The potential and peril of migration data from the American community survey

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-246

  Franklin, Rachel S ^a   Plane, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Community Survey; Migration; Migration data

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MIGRATION; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 33745296348     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606289895     Document Type: Article

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