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For two years from October 1974 the author will be Lecturer in Mathematics at the Open University, Milton Keynes, England. He would like to thank Miss Marena Hutt for secretarial assistance.

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Bibby, J. Methods of measuring mobility. Qual Quant 9, 107–136 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119980

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