A Pilot Study of the Relationship between Interregional Migration Rates and Regional Fertility Differentials

地理学家、人口学家、社会学家和其他社会科学家已经清楚地证明，移民和生育率与就业率高度相关，但很少有人注意到个人和家庭决定搬迁和生孩子之间可能存在的直接关系。这项妇女规划研究机会补助金将使研究人员能够通过阐明和改进可用于各种区域情况和不同规模的统计方法，开始系统地探索这种关系。研究人员还将使用州一级的数据，开始测试移民和生育率之间联系的宏观模型。这个项目将是一项重大努力的第一步，这项努力将加强关于这些重要人口关系的理论和经验知识。该项目还将为具有良好背景的年轻女学者提供进一步提高其基础研究技能的绝佳机会。

Geographers, demographers, sociologists, and other social scientists have clearly documented that both migration and fertility rates are highly correlated with employment rates, but little attention has been paid to possible direct relationships between individual and household decisions to relocate and to have children. This Research Opportunities for Women Planning Grant will enable the investigator to begin a systematic exploration of that relationship by articulating and refining statistical methods that can be used in a variety of regional contexts and at different scales. The investigator also will begin testing a macro-level model of the linkages between migration and fertility, using data at the state level. This project will be the first step in what should be a significant effort that will enhance both theoretical and empirical knowledge about these important demographic relationships. The project also will provide a superb opportunity for a young female scholar with an excellent background to further improve her basic research skills.