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How far do internal migrants really move? Demonstrating a new method for the estimation of intra-zonal distance

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This paper makes use of data on origin to destination migration by postcode derived from a large biannual consumer survey, Acxiom’s Research Opinion Poll, to measure distances of migration within England in the mid-2000s. These data provide an opportunity to evaluate conventional methods of centroid-based estimation of inter-zonal distance and area-based estimation of intra-zonal distance, and demonstrate how the latter in particular generates problematic estimates. A new regression-based approach for generating intra-zonal distance is presented, resulting in significantly improved goodness-of-fit statistics when used in doubly constrained spatial interaction modelling of migration flows for local authority districts in England from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses.

Source: Regional Studies Regional Science

DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2015.1109473

Authors: John Stillwell, Michael Thomas

Institutions: University of Leeds, University of Groningen

Language: English

Topic: Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,165

Funders: Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, University of Southampton, Australian Research Council