I need to know what percentage of people in the U.S. move/relocate
because of a job-related issue (i.e. they either changed jobs or
retire).

A credible source for this information is a must (preferably from a
governmental entity such as the Department of Labor or the most recent
Census data), and the more info you can get on "why people move" the
better.

Just make sure you AT LEAST get what percentage move for career or
retirement reasons. That's all that's required to get paid, but I do
give bonuses for truly exceptional answers.

The U.S. Census Bureau has an excellent publication that provides the
precise information that you require and more.

Title: Geographical Mobility: 2002 to 2003 
Population Characteristics
Issued March 2004

Download here:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-549.pdf


See Table F. on page 12 of this publication
Reasons for Moving by Type of Move: 2002 to 2003

15.6% of Americans moved for work related reasons.

This number is broken down as follows:
8.8%       New job/job transfer
1.9%       To look for work/lost job
3.2%       Closer to work/easier commute.
0.3%       Retired
1.4%       Other job related reason

?Most people move for housing-related reasons. Among people who
changed residence between 2002 and 2003 (see Table F), the highest
percentage of people moved for housing-related reasons (51 percent),
followed by family-related (26 percent) and work-related reasons (16
percent). Within these major categories, most moved for a ?new/better
house/apartment? (20 percent), followed by ?other family? reasons (13
percent), ?other housing? reasons (11 percent), ?to own home/not rent?
(10 percent), or for a ?new job/job transfer? (9 percent). Given the
high number of responses included in ?other? categories, it is often
more meaningful to interpret the data by grouping the
responses into the four major categories shown in bold in Table F.?

Other information that you will find in this publication:

- Moving Rates by Age

- Moving Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin and Age

- Moving Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin, Age, and Poverty Status:

- Intercounty Moves by Distance and Selected Characteristics

- Reason for Move by Type of Move and Distance of Intercounty Move

- Reason for Moving by Educational Attainment and Type of Move

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual
Social and Economic Supplement.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-549.pdf



Detailed Tables are also available to download here:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate/p20-549.html


Geographical Mobility reports from other years are available at the following link:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate.html


Search criteria:
Percent Americans relocate 
Moving Rate among Americans


I hope you find this information useful! 

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by waltcoldwell-ga on 22 Dec 2004 15:46 PST

Great answer!

But do you think you could cull from the data the percentage of people
over 55 who move for job-related reasons? From what I read of the
report, it seems like those figures were much higher, seeing as how
people at that age tend to move greater distances and people who move
greater distances tend to move for job-related reasons.

Please let me know if you can get this information, as my research is
really only related to the 55 and over market. I should have made that
clear in my initial request, so I'll pay you an additional bonus of
$30 if you can get this info for me now.

Please let me know either way.

Thank you.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 22 Dec 2004 17:06 PST

Hello Waltcoldwell,

Thank you for your clarification.

Below you will find the number of movers for employment related
reasons by age group.

Total Movers: 40,093(Numbers in thousands)
Movers for employment related reasons: 6,246(Numbers in thousands)
Age  45-64 years: 859(Numbers in thousands)
Age  65-74 years:  50(Numbers in thousands)
Age  75+   years:  21(Numbers in thousands)


Source:
Table 32. Reason for Move by Personal Characteristics (collapsed categories): 2003 
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/migration/p20-549/tab32.pdf

Table 31. Reason for Move by Personal Characteristics (all categories): 2003
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/migration/p20-549/tab31.pdf

I hope this additional information is what you require.

Best wishes,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 25 Dec 2004 07:56 PST

Total Movers: 40,093(Numbers in thousands)
Age  45-64 years: 859(Numbers in thousands)
Age  65-74 years:  50(Numbers in thousands)
Age  75+   years:  21(Numbers in thousands)

By using the above numbers, the percentage of movers for work related
reasons would be as follows for each age group:
Age  45-64 years: 2.2%
Age  65-74 years: 0.12%
Age  75+   years: 0.05%

I hope this helps!

Happy Holidays
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by waltcoldwell-ga on 26 Dec 2004 06:55 PST

Just an FYI...

I posted a new question and I'd like you to have first crack at it.
Here are the details:

Subject: Need to find a study on smokers... 
Category: Reference, Education and News > Teaching and Research 
Asked by: waltcoldwell-ga 
List Price: $55.00

Posted: 26 Dec 2004 06:49 PST 
Expires: 25 Jan 2005 06:49 PST 
Question ID: 447414 

I hope you'll be able to help me out again.

-Ryan

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 26 Dec 2004 07:11 PST

Dear Waltcoldwell,

Thank you for the five stars and tip! Im glad that you are pleased
with my research.

Regarding the new question about the smokers study:
I tried to answer the question when you posted it previously; however
I didn't find anything relevant.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=393691

I hope another researcher will be able to find the study for you.

Best wishes,
Bobbie7

Thanks for all the clarifications and sorry for the delay. (Things got
a little crazy during the Holidays.) I hope you'll be able to answer
many more questions for me in the future. :o)

Great work!