An estimated 31 percent of the 9.8 million men 18 to 64 years old who moved in the United States between March 1962 and March 1963 reported circumstances related to employment as the reasons for their move according to the March 1963 Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Among the major reasons relating to the job were "to take a job," "to look for work," and "job transfer." The remaining 69 percent reported, for the most part, reasons relating to housing, to changes in marital status, and family moves. The data are based on replies to of set of supplementary questions on reason for moving and on employment status in March 1962, sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Tables

Table 1. Mobility Status and Type of Mobility of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, for the United States: April 1948 to March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Type of Residence of the Population 1 Year Old and Over by Color, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Percent Distribution by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility of the Population 1 Year Old and Over by Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan Residence, for Regions and Selected Areas: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Age and Sex of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Marital Status, Date of First Marriage, Age at Survey Date, and Sex, for Persons Ever Married 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Relationship to Head of Household, Age, and Sex of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Employment Status, Marital Status, Age, and Sex of the Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [1.5 MB]

Table 8. Broad Occupation Group, Class of Worker, and Age of the Employed Male Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Major Occupation Group and Age of the Employed Male Production 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Percent Distribution by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility of the Employed Male Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Broad Occupation Group, Weeks Worked in 1962, and Age, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Percent Distribution by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility of the Male Noninstitutional Population 18 Years Old and Over, by Income in 1962, Marital Status, and Age, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 12. Percent Distribution by Migration Status and by Type of Earnings in 1962 of the Male Noninstitutional Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Color, for the United States, by Type of Residence: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 13. Percent Distribution by Mobility Status and Type of Mobility of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Color and Sex, for Regions: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Table 14. Region of Residence in 1963 by Region of Residence in 1962 of Migrants in the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Age and Color, for the United States: March 1963. [<1.0 MB]

Others in Series

Publication

Voter Participation in the National Election November 1964

October 25, 1965

An estimated 69 percent of the civilian noninstitutional population of voting age said they voted in the November 1964 national election.

Publication

Mobility of the Population of the U.S.: March 1964 to March 1965

1966

This report analyzes migration in the U.S. between 1964 and 1965 using the Current Population Survey and provides detailed tables.

Publication

Mobility of the Population of the U.S.: March 1965 to March 1966

1966

This report analyzes migration in the U.S. between 1965 and 1966 using the Current Population Survey and provides detailed tables.

Related Information

Migration/Geographic Mobility Publications

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