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This study examines the influence of selected structural conditions on the county-level net-migration trends of North Dakota and South Dakota. Key principles from Lee’s Theory of Migration (1966) and Wallerstein’s World Systems model (1974) were integrated to explain how geographic context, economic dependency, and pace of economic development combine to serve as the main catalysts behind the migration patterns in these two states. Results indicate that commuting patterns, the percentage of workers employed in extractive industries, the percentage of workers employed in manufacturing, and job change rates were significant predictors of county migration patterns.
Recommended Citation
Turner, Joshua J.; Brooks, W. Trevor; and Arwood, Donald E.
(2010)
"Structural Conditions and Migration in the Dakotas,"
Great Plains Sociologist: Vol. 21:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/greatplainssociologist/vol21/iss1/1