Antecedents and Consequences of Community Satisfaction Among Metropolitan - to - Nonmetropolitan Migrants in the Midwest: A Test of Alternative Explanations

Recent migratory shifts from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan communities of the United States have stimulated increased interest in community satisfaction research. Impacts of turnaround migration presumably will hinge on how satisfied immigrants are with nonmetropolitan communities, which are often markedly different from metropolitan, origin communities. The state of knowledge of community satisfaction provides few insights into these relationships, however, since much of what is known regarding community satisfaction has been based on samples composed predominantly of longer-term community residents. Little is known about the influences on or consequences of community satisfaction among metropolitan-to-nonmetropolitan migrants. To help fill this research gap, the study examined community satisfaction among a sample of 501 metropolitan origin migrants in 75 high net inmigration nonmetropolitan counties of the North Central Region.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Glasgow, Nina

• Sociology, General

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8302864

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70992