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Understanding Neighbourhood Population Dynamics for Neighbourhood Effects Research: A Review of Recent Evidence and Data Source Developments

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This chapter reviews what is known about patterns of residential mobility and selective migration, in order to provide a clearer understanding of these dynamics on which to build research on neighbourhood effects. Three findings of research on residential mobility and population turnover are discussed: The first one is that neighbourhood characteristics have a relatively weak influence on the desire to move, on moving intentions and on actual mobility. The second one is that general indicators of satisfaction with the neighbourhood appear to be more closely related to the desire to move and to moving intentions than indicators measuring specific aspects of the neighbourhood. And the third one is that neighbourhood change may be a stronger driver for moving intentions than current neighbourhood characteristics. The literature review concludes that residential mobility and selective migration are both heavily influenced by ageing and life-course events. It also concludes that neighbourhood context may be defined as much by flows as by static or cross-sectional characteristics. As a consequence, complex neighbourhood typologies can be constructed. Finally, the chapter concludes that responses to a given neighbourhood context may be more varied and subjective than previously assumed. It is suggested that neighbourhood characteristics themselves matter less than how individuals respond to them, and these responses are generally not very well understood using quantitative modelling.

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    The ADLS act as an intermediary between academic researchers and data holding organisations to provide information, aid with communication and promote the use of administrative data. For more information see http://www.adls.ac.uk/

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    Prior to 2007 this was known as the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC).

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We are grateful to the participants at the seminar in Manchester, and to the editors and referees for helpful feedback on the earlier drafts of this chapter. Census output is Crown copyright and is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.

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  1. Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS, Scotland, UK

    Nick Bailey & Mark Livingston

  2. Social Disadvantage Research Centre, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2ER, UK

    Helen Barnes & David Mclennan

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Bailey, N., Barnes, H., Livingston, M., Mclennan, D. (2012). Understanding Neighbourhood Population Dynamics for Neighbourhood Effects Research: A Review of Recent Evidence and Data Source Developments. In: van Ham, M., Manley, D., Bailey, N., Simpson, L., Maclennan, D. (eds) Understanding Neighbourhood Dynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4854-5_2

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