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Title: The Baby Boom and Nonmetropolitan Population Change, 1975-1990

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: Both economic and demographic contexts influence aggregate migration streams at the regional scale. The influence of demographic and economic context on aggregate migration at the nonmetropolitan scale, however, remains unstudied. This paper presents analysis based on 1980 and 1990 PUMS data related to age cohort effects on nonmetropolitan population change. The analysis provides enhanced understanding of how demographic factors like the baby boom might influence population movements into and out of nonmetropolitan regions. Using modified age-cohort decomposition techniques, the analysis demonstrates how the fluctuations in nonmetropolitan population growth between 1975 and 1990 are tied to the differential migration flows of the peak baby boom years (those born between 1955 and 1964). The analysis further demonstrates how fluctuations in nonmetropolitan population growth across regions are tied to migration flows of these baby boomers. Significant variation remains within regions. Keywords: nonmetropolitan migration, baby boom, regional variation.

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Authors: Stege, E.Hope; Nelson, Peter; Nicholson, James

Periodical (Full): Growth and Change

Issue: 4

Volume: 35

Pages: 525-544

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Migration and Immigration

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