Summary information
Study title
Counter-Urbanisation : an Analysis of Recent Migration from England to Northern Scotland, 1983
Creator
Caird, J. B., University of Dundee, Department of Geography
Jones, H., University of Dundee, Department of Geography
Study number / PID
2015 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2015-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
To identify the level, composition, spatial pattern and motivational basis of recent migration from England to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Main Topics:
Variables
i) Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of non-Scottish households.
ii) Motivations for in-migration.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/09/1983
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Families/households
Subnational
Migrants
Rural residents
Universe
Migrants to northern Scotland
Sampling procedure
Households in selected small rural communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, containing at least one adult born and brought up outside Scotland
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1985
Terms of data access
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Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Walford, N., Jones, H. and Carid, J. (1984) 'A home in the Highlands', Town and Country Planning, 326-8
- Jones, H. (1985) 'White settlers mark 2?', Radical Scotland, 27-8
- Carid, J., Jones, H. and Berry, W. (1984) 'Counter-urbanisation in societal context:: long distance migration to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland', Professional Geographer
- Carid, J., Berry, W., Jones, H. and Walford, N. (1984) 'Counter-urbanisation: : English migration to the Scottish Highlands and Island' , 71-83.