This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the correlates and consequences of residential relocation. Drawing on multiple nationally representative data sets, the book explores historic patterns and current trends in household mobility; individuals' mobility-related decisions; and the individual, family, and community outcomes associated with moving. These sections inform later discussions of mobility-related policy, practice, and directions for future research.

Contextualizes the effects of relocation on American families Discusses comprehensive national data sets Tackles questions such as, "Who moves where, how, and why? What are the effects? So what? What next?"

Autorentext
Brian Joseph Gillespie is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, USA. He has published research in a variety of social science journals on topics related to family, the life course, and interpersonal relationships using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Inhalt

1. Defining and Theorizing about Household Mobility.- 2. Historical and Recent Trends in American Mobility.- 3. Characteristics of the Mobile Population.- 4. Household Mobility Decisions and Location Choice.- 5. Individual- and Family-Level Mobility Effects.- 6. Mobility Effects and Cumulative Mobility Contexts.- 7. Spatial and Community Consequences.- 8. Policy Initiatives, Programs, and Praxis.