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Poisson regression models of Canadian census division migration flows
Papers of the Regional Science Association
  • Robin Flowerdew, University of Lancaster, UK
  • Carl Amrhein, Aga Khan University
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Document Type
Article
Abstract

Tax-file data are available for moves between census divisions in Canada on a year-by-year basis, and may be the best data source for studying migration flows between censuses. This paper reports the results of fitting a series of models to the 1985 to 1986 flows using a form of regression analysis based on the Poisson distribution that is appropriate for count data. These models confirm results well-known from interprovincial and intermetropolitan migration analysis, but also reveal some more surprising results.

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This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Citation Information
Robin Flowerdew and Carl Amrhein. "Poisson regression models of Canadian census division migration flows" Papers of the Regional Science Association Vol. 67 Iss. 1 (1989) p. 89 - 102
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carl_amrhein/21/