Is spatial mobility on the rise or in decline? An order-specific analysis of the migration of young adults in Sweden

Hill Kulu; Emma Lundholm; Gunnar Malmberg

doi:10.1080/00324728.2018.1451554

Is spatial mobility on the rise or in decline? An order-specific analysis of the migration of young adults in Sweden

Hill Kulu, Emma Lundholm, Gunnar Malmberg

School of Geography & Sustainable Development

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate spatial mobility over time. Research on ‘new mobilities’ suggests increasing movement of individuals, technology, and information. By contrast, studies of internal migration report declining spatial mobility in recent decades. Using longitudinal register data from Sweden, we calculate annual order-specific migration rates to investigate the spatial mobility of young adults over the last three decades. We standardize mobility rates for educational enrolment, educational level, family status, and place of residence to determine how much changes in individuals’ life domains explain changes in mobility. Young adults’ migration rates increased significantly in the 1990s; although all order-specific migration rates increased, first migration rates increased the most. Changes in population composition, particularly increased enrolment in higher education, accounted for much of the elevated spatial mobility in the 1990s. The analysis supports neither ever increasing mobility nor a long-term rise in rootedness among young adults in Sweden.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-337
Number of pages	15
Journal	Population Studies
Volume	72
Issue number	3
Early online date	17 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2018.1451554
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018

Keywords

Migration
Mobility
Life course
Young adults
Standardization
Order-specific analysis
Sweden

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- School of Geography & Sustainable Development - Director of Research, Professor of Human Geography and Demography
- Population and Health Research
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Is spatial mobility on the rise or in decline? An order-specific analysis of the migration of young adults in Sweden

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