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Author: Wilson, Beth A.
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1. Wilson, Beth A.
Repeat Migration in the United States: A Comparison of Black, Hispanic, and White Return and Onward Migrants
Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 2005. DAI-A 66/04, p. 1509, Oct 2005
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Black Studies; Educational Attainment; Ethnic Differences; Hispanics; Marital Status; Migration; Migration Patterns; Racial Differences

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The primary objective of this study is to examine U.S. repeat migration for blacks, Hispanics, and whites. It investigates the relationships and patterns of these different racial/ethnic groups utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). Repeat migration within and across categories of individual characteristics for blacks, Hispanics, and whites, is compared in order to determine if there are differences in the overall rates of repeat migration for these groups, once other factors are controlled.

To do this several statistical procedures are utilized, and the results of selected descriptive and logistic analyses are presented. The descriptive statistics control for race/ethnicity and examine patterns within the groups; these findings display important relationships to onward and return migration. The inferential statistical method employed is logistic regression for the sample as a whole, which examines the effects across the groups, and the direction of migration.

Where past research has not investigated the complexities of repeat migration in combination with race/ethnicity, there are several notable results from this study. Specifically, this research finds that in terms of onward migration, whites are significantly more likely to move onward than are blacks or Hispanics even after controlling for key socioeconomic factors. Changes in marital status are significantly related to migration, and to the direction of repeat migration; individuals who change from "single to married" are likely to be onward migrants, whereas those who change from "married to single" are likely to be return migrants. This study finds there are differences in rates of return migration by level of education for racial/ethnic groups. Moreover, the relationship between onward migration and employment status is different for Hispanics than blacks and whites.

Bibliography Citation
Wilson, Beth A. Repeat Migration in the United States: A Comparison of Black, Hispanic, and White Return and Onward Migrants. Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 2005. DAI-A 66/04, p. 1509, Oct 2005.
2. Wilson, Beth A.
Berry, Eddy Helen
Toney, Michael B.
Breaking New Ground: A Longitudinal Comparison of Onward Migration by Hispanics, Blacks and Whites in the US
Population and Society 4,2 (2008):1-27.
Also: http://www.ipar.re.kr/journal/pdf/ps4-2-1.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Institute of Population and Aging Research
Keyword(s): Ethnic Studies; Migration; Minority Groups

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Although movement to new and unfamiliar places, referred to as onward migration, is prominent in the conceptualization of migration, this form of migration has seldom been the focus of empirical research. This lack of intense analysis of onward migration is largely a result of the past data limitations. The foremost purpose of the research presented here is to lessen this gap by comparing the odds of onward migration of Hispanics, blacks, and whites in the United States. Goldscheider and Uhlenberg's basic minority group status hypothesis is used to guide the investigation. The minority status hypothesis posits that even when groups that have been assimilated into a society with respect to social and economic characteristics, differences in some social behaviors might persist. Utilizing a panel survey of young adults that is nationally representative of the U.S., NLSY79, this study finds significantly higher odds of onward migration for whites than for Hispanics and blacks, two major minority groups in American society. A secondary purpose of the study is to report the observed relationships between onward migration and thirteen control variables that are introduced to provide a rigorous test of the minority group status hypothesis.
Bibliography Citation
Wilson, Beth A., Eddy Helen Berry and Michael B. Toney. "Breaking New Ground: A Longitudinal Comparison of Onward Migration by Hispanics, Blacks and Whites in the US ." Population and Society 4,2 (2008):1-27.
3. Wilson, Beth A.
Berry, Eddy Helen
Toney, Michael B.
Kim, Young-Taek
Cromartie, John B.
A Panel Based Analysis of the Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Other Individual Level Characteristics at Leaving on Returning
Population Research and Policy Review 28,4 (August 2009): 405-428.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/8r38phn7g765jj0q/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Keyword(s): Education; Employment; Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Studies; Gender Differences; Migration; Migration Patterns

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Individual level differentials between migrants and nonmigrants are examined to ascertain the likelihood of return migration to a prior residence based on characteristics at the time of departure from place of origin. Analysis focuses on comparisons of Hispanics, blacks and whites, examining the odds of return migration by education, employment status, marital status, home ownership, length of residence, gender, age, and migration interval. The 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) is utilized to identify 13,798 preliminary migrations that may be followed by at least one return migration. Findings indicate a sharp decline in propensity to return migrate as length of absence from origin increases. Regardless of length of time since the preliminary migration, both blacks and Hispanics are more likely to return migrate than are whites. Individuals who resided at place of origin for longer periods before leaving had strikingly higher odds for return migration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Bibliography Citation
Wilson, Beth A., Eddy Helen Berry, Michael B. Toney, Young-Taek Kim and John B. Cromartie. "A Panel Based Analysis of the Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Other Individual Level Characteristics at Leaving on Returning." Population Research and Policy Review 28,4 (August 2009): 405-428.
4. Wilson, Beth A.
Toney, Michael B.
Berry, Eddy Helen
Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites
Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2006.
Also: http://paa2006.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=60651
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Human Capital; Migration; Migration Patterns; Racial Differences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Although movement to new and unfamiliar places is prominent in the conceptualization of migration, few studies have detailed differentials specific to onward migration. A larger body of research is focused on return migration, or the movement back to familiar places. This study utilizes the NLSY79 to build on the earlier panel based investigation of repeat migration by DaVanzo and Morrison, whose data did not allow for analysis of possible racial/ethnic differences in forms of repeat migration. Multivariable logistic regression is utilized to examine the characteristics of onward migrants compared across Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites, as well as a variety of human capital variables in the NLSY79. The most important finding of this study is significantly lower rates of onward migration for blacks and Hispanics than for whites.
Bibliography Citation
Wilson, Beth A., Michael B. Toney and Eddy Helen Berry. "Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites." Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2006.
5. Wilson, Beth A.
Toney, Michael B.
Berry, Eddy Helen
Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites in the U.S. 1979-2002
Presented: Oakland, CA, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, March 2007
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Human Capital; Migration; Migration Patterns; Racial Differences

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

See also, in this bibliography:
WILSON, BETH A.
TONEY, MICHAEL B.
BERRY, E. HELEN
Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites
Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2006. Also: http://paa2006.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=60651
Cohort(s): NLSY79
ID Number: 6331
Publisher: Population Association of America
Bibliography Citation
Wilson, Beth A., Michael B. Toney and Eddy Helen Berry. "Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites in the U.S. 1979-2002." Presented: Oakland, CA, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, March 2007.