Hi shinyu-ga,
I found the information you are looking for at the US Census Bureau. I
will give a little of the highlights here and refer you to the web
site for the full report.
"Movers" were defined as those living in a different house the
previous year and were given a list to choose from as to their reasons
for moving. The basic categories and percentages are given here...
Family-related reasons 26.3%
Change in marital status 6.2%
To establish own household 7.4%
Other family reason 12.7%
Work-related reasons 16.2%
New job/job transfer 9.7%
To look for work/lost job 1.3%
Closer to work/easier commute 3.5%
Retired 0.4%
Other job-related reason 1.2%
Housing-related reasons 51.6%
Wanted to own home/not rent 11.5%
New/better house/apartment 18.5%
Better neighborhood/less crime 4.4%
Cheaper housing 5.5%
Other housing reason 11.7%
Other reasons 6.0%
Attend/leave college 2.3%
Change of climate 0.7%
Health reasons 1.1%
Other reason 1.8%
In addition, this report breaks down the numbers by distance of move,
education level and income of mover, total number of movers and sorts
the figures in various other ways.
The information is derived from the Current Population Surveys (CPS),
a monthly survey of 50,000 households, representative of the
non-institutional civilian population.
The document in full is available at...
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/p23-204.pdf
It is in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.
If you don't already have this program on your computer it can be
downloaded for free at...
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
If you need any more information, or if this answer does not meet your
needs, please feel free to ask for clarification.
Thanks for a most interesting question,
wayga-ga |
