Different Reasons, Different Results: Implications of Migration by Gender and Family Status

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-217

  Geist, Claudia ^a   McManus, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Family; Gender; Internal migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856553850     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0074-8     Document Type: Article

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