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Comparative Study Of Economic Adjustment And Housing Quality Of Migrants And Natives In The State Of Virginia, Bayram Unal
Comparative Study Of Economic Adjustment And Housing Quality Of Migrants And Natives In The State Of Virginia, Bayram Unal
Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations
This research has directed attention towards comparing and understanding the characteristics of both native and migrant populations and both recent and long-term migrant populations in the state of Virginia. The research question is: how does migrant population differ from native population? And how do recent migrants differ from long-term migrants in terms of their employment status, occupation, income, home ownership, quality of housing and amount of rent. This study utilizes data from the 5 percent sample of the U.S. 1990 Census. Cross tabulation and analysis of variance are used to compare migrant with native population and recent migrants with long-term …
Vol. 3, No. 2: Spot The Alien, Vincent Williams, Jonathan Crush
Vol. 3, No. 2: Spot The Alien, Vincent Williams, Jonathan Crush
Southern African Migration Programme
No abstract provided.
Vol. 3, No. 1: Women Migrants Play Positive Role, Jonathan Crush, Vincent Williams
Vol. 3, No. 1: Women Migrants Play Positive Role, Jonathan Crush, Vincent Williams
Southern African Migration Programme
No abstract provided.
Urbanization And Related Socio-Economic Problems In Ibadan Area, Central Bank Of Nigeria
Urbanization And Related Socio-Economic Problems In Ibadan Area, Central Bank Of Nigeria
CBN Occasional Papers
This paper traces the evolution of urbanization in Ibadan area to political, institutional, economic and social factors. It broadly classifies the socio-economic problems of urbanization in Ibadan area into environmental crisis, crime/violence and urban poverty. Relying on secondary data and published materials, it identifies the major environmental problems as solid waste, flooding and water pollution, with the sanitation and eating habits of the people playing a great role in all of them. Dispossession-related crimes, particularly stealing and theft, are considered the most prominent of all the recorded crimes while violent crimes (mostly assaults) are found to be relatively few. For …