Exploring and Validating a Commercial Lifestyle Survey for its use in the Analysis of Population Migration

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-95

  Thomas, Michael ^a   Stillwell, John ^a   Gould, Myles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial microdata; Logistic regression; Population migration; Research Opinion Poll; Sample raking

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; LIFESTYLE; MODELING; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SELECTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896101871     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-013-9096-5     Document Type: Article

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