Rural youth migration trends in Australia: An overview of recent trends and two inland case studies

Geographical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-152

  Argent, Neil ^a   Walmsley, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rural Australia; Rural youth; Rural youth migration

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL SOCIETY; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 43449124468     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2008.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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