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BSPS Migration activity: the results!

Explore migration biographies for in-depth insights into migration decisions, behaviors, and trends. Utilize longitudinal data sets for retrospective analysis and uncover potential additional laws of migration. Understand the impact of leaving home on individuals' lives.

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BSPS Migration activity: the results!

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  1. BSPS Migration activity: the results! Gemma Catney and Ludi Simpson Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) University of Manchester BSPS Annual Conference, Manchester, September 2008

  2. Migration biographies • “more searching explanations of population movement than could be obtained from aggregate data” (Rowland 2003: 390) • Understanding perceptions, processes of migration decision making, migration behaviour, as a complement to quantitative studies, or as analyses in their own right • Existing sources for migration biographies: • UK Census-based Longitudinal Studies • British Household Panel Study (UK Household Longitudinal Study) • Birth Cohort Studies • Ours is a retrospective, quantitative longitudinal data set

  3. The value of biographical information for migration studies • Ravenstein’s ‘laws’ were based on place of birth data from 1871 and 1881 British Censuses, and North American and European Censuses (JRSS 1885) • His laws were a function of the data available. • If other data had been to hand, would additional laws of migration have been suggested?

  4. Potential additional laws of migration 1. People tend to be either movers or stayers all their lives • One child returns to its area of upbringing 3. Leaving home determines lives

  5. How did we do? • There were 159 delegates registered on Wednesday. Of this, the number of respondents was: 110 • Meaning we have a response rate of: 69%

  6. Some summary statistics (n=110)

  7. Migration • Of those who are UK-born, 28% moved abroad once or more in their adulthood • Of those born outside the UK, 90% moved abroad once or more in their adulthood (n= 110)

  8. Proposed law 1: People tend to be either movers or stayers all their lives Pearson correlation: -0.155

  9. Proposed law 1: People tend to be either movers or stayers all their lives Pearson correlation: -0.155

  10. Proposed law 2: One child returns to their area of upbringing • Of those who had a UK childhood, only 5% made ‘local only’ moves, none of which were an only child (however, this excludes internal movers) • No matching moves with parents’ birthplace(s)

  11. Proposed law 2: One child returns to their area of upbringing

  12. Proposed law 3: Leaving home determines lives • Most ‘significant’ move • Most recent? • 1st in adulthood? • Furthest? • Abroad?

  13. Proposed law 3: Leaving home determines lives % if those whose most ‘significant’ move was: (n=110) (n=110) (n=50) (n=57) Of those whose most significant move was abroad (that is, 29 respondents): Their total moves were 143, of which 100 (70%) were international

  14. Conclusions • Substantive issues: • Law 1: People tend to be either movers or stayers all their lives • Law 2: One child returns to their area of upbringing • Law 3: Leaving home determines lives • Looking forward to future national surveys: • UKHLS: migration histories a possibility

  15. Acknowledgements • BSPS participants • Anne Shepherd and BSPS Council • Susan Lomax • POPLA research group members

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