Combining census and registration data to analyse ethnic migration patterns in England from 1991 to 2007

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-88

  Raymer, James ^a   Smith, Peter W F ^a   Giulietti, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combining data; England; Ethnicity; Internal migration; Log linear models

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATABASE; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650659012     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.565     Document Type: Article

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