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Title: Race, Gender, and Marriage: Destination Selection during the Great Migration

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration of hypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context of the Great Migration. Black migrants were more likely to move to metropolitan areas and central cities throughout the period, while white migrants were more likely to locate in nonmetropolitan and farm destinations. Gender differences were largely dependent on marital status. Consistent with the tied-migration thesis, married women had destination outcomes that were similar to those of men, whereas single women had a greater propensity to reside in metropolitan locations where economic opportunities for women were more plentiful.

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Authors: Crowder, Kyle D.; Tolnay, Stewart E.; Adelman, Robert M.; Curtis White, Katherine J.

Periodical (Full): Demography

Issue: 2

Volume: 42

Pages: 215-241

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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