Description

This variable indicates whether a person age 5+ had changed residence since a reference point 5 years ago. Specifically, individuals were asked if they had lived in the "same house" (non-movers) or a "different house" (movers) five years earlier. Those who had moved were to indicate the foreign country or the state, county, and place of their normal residence during the reference year. 

Universe

• United States 1980: Persons age 5+; 50 percent of cases

Availability

• United States: 1980

Integrated variables

• MIGRATE5
• MIG1_5_US