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Title: The VERMONT Roots Migration PROJECT

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This report presents preliminary results from the Vermont Roots Migration Project, conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont and several other institutions in 2014. The project used social media and online data collection tools to conduct an online survey of people who attended high school while residents of Vermont. The survey questions centered on their residential choices and the factors that led them to reside permanently in, migrate out of, or return to live in the state. The survey was distributed through social media networks during a 3-week period in March and April. It yielded 3,692 completed surveys from people ranging in age from 15 to 91 years. The survey captured demographic information, geographic data, and open text responses, as well as quantitative data on key factors that influence residential choice. Over half of the respondents were people who permanently left the state (51.5%), nearly one-third were people who have remained in the state (30.5%) and the remainder (18%) were people who lived outside of the state for at least one year and returned to Vermont to live.

Url: https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/Center-for-Research-on-VT/vt_migration_final.pdf

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Authors: Morse, Cheryl; Geller, Wendy

Series Title: Vermont Research Report Series

Publication Number: 1

Institution: The University of Vermont

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States