Lifestyle migration to the north: Dutch families and the decision to move to rural sweden

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-85

  Eimermann, Marco ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision process; Dutch migration; Interview study; Lifestyle migration; Rural Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920800838     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1807     Document Type: Article

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