Declining youth in-migration in rural Western Australia: The role of perceptions of rural employment and lifestyle opportunities

Geographical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Davies, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Lifestyle; Place perception; Regional development; Rural migration; Rural youth; Youth migration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 43449103122     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2008.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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