A study of internal migration in England and Wales: Part I

D. Friedlander, R. J. Roshier

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Abstract

Statistics ofpersons classified jointly by county of birth and county ofresidence have been published in the England and Wales census volumes since 1851 and the present study draws mainly on these data. A group of persons recorded in a census as natives of county A and residents of county Bare sometimes referred to as lifetime migrants from county A to county B. Statistics of lifetime migrants have often been used in studies of internal migration but these have one great disadvantage. The number of lifetime migrants from A to B does not relate to a specific period of time. It is impossible, for example, in such studies to consider the association between specific migration streams and differential economic activity. An attempt is made in this study to transform lifetime migration data into intercensal migration streams. Some of the results are presented and the most significant migration patterns during the period 1851–1951 are described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-279
Number of pages41
JournalPopulation Studies
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 1966

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