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Title: Comparing Youth Migration in the United States: Evidence from the NLSY79 and NLSY97
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1. Guo, Yan
Berry, Eddy Helen
Marquart-Pratt, Sandra T.
Comparing Youth Migration in the United States: Evidence from the NLSY79 and NLSY97
Presented: Warsaw, Poland, European Survey Research Association, June-July 2009.
Also: http://surveymethodology.eu/conferences/warsaw-2009/presentation/353/
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: European Survey Reseach Association (ESRA)
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Employment, Youth; Life Course; Marital Status; Migration Patterns; Mobility

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Americans are known for their highly mobility, as during the 1990s, the "average" person in the United States moved about eleven times throughout the course of his life. Youths especially have high mobility rates. Previous research demonstrates that period and cohort effects are important to address with regard to explaining migration across individuals and across time. This research compares youth migration experience (ages 16 to 26 years) in the U.S. using two national longitudinal surveys, NLSY79 and NLSY97, including ten waves of data for each cohort. First, migration rates of youths across these two groups are compared. Next, the factors influencing migration are examined for both age groups across three types of migration: primary, onward and return. We emphasize comparison of what motivates migration across the groups, focusing on a core set of explanatory factors. We also examine key changes occurring in youths' life course: changes in marital status, educational attainment and employment as key dimensions of similarity or difference across the two time periods. Features of the longitudinal analysis are highlighted, especially with regard to using person-year periods and the question of repeated observations across individuals. We discuss key findings of the research as pertain to future studies of youth migration.
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Guo, Yan, Eddy Helen Berry and Sandra T. Marquart-Pratt. "Comparing Youth Migration in the United States: Evidence from the NLSY79 and NLSY97." Presented: Warsaw, Poland, European Survey Research Association, June-July 2009.