ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on several aspects of rural out-migration during the mid-1800s. The expected and observed destinations of out-migrants from the study area are examined. The socio-demographic and economic differentials between short distance migrants and longer distance migrants are analyzed. Differentials between urbanward migrants and migrants to rural places are investigated. Rural out-migrants may also be differentiated on the basis of rural and urban destination types. The former consists of individuals who migrate to nearby or more distant places environmentally similar to that of their place of origin. Although a majority of the out-migrants moved relatively short-distances the proportion of partial displacement migrants appears to be much less than one might expect given the studies by Hagerstrand, Langholm, and Miller. Bivariate analyses have shown that partial displacement migrants and total displacement migrants differed in some of their socio-demographic and economic characteristics.
