Ravenstein's Laws of Migration  19 th century – used data from England to outline a series of laws explaining patterns of migration  Three categories  Why migrants move  Distance they typically move  Characteristics of migrants  Migration selectivity  Evaluate how likely someone is to migrate based on personal, social, and economic factors  Most long distance migrants are male  Most long distance migrants are young adults  Migration impacted by push/pull factors  Economic factors are main cause of migration  Long distance migrants go to centers of commerce and industry  Urban residents are less migratory
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