Measuring migration from family files: a method based on data for the Saguenay region in the nineteenth century
Jette, R.; Gauvreau, D.
Cahiers Quebecois de Demographie 16(1): 37-65
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0380-1721 PMID: 12341457 Document Number: 234365
A method for measuring migration in historical demographic studies is developed and illustrated using data from reconstituted family files from the parish registers of Saguenay, Canada. The method allows for the separate analysis of in- and out-migration and for an approximate determination of the actual date of migration in populations experiencing high mortality and fertility. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)