Residential Mobility Trends in France, 1973-2006. New Estimates

[...] this probability depends on the spatial level observed, i.e. whether the move was to a new dwelling or a new commune,(1) département or region; * for the population exposed to the risk of repeat migration, the instantaneous probability of repeat migration, k, is independent of the interval between two migrations, the order of the previous migration and the spatial level of observation; * among second or higher order migrations during the period in question, a proportion l represents return migrations to the original area. A reliable interpretation would require a large volume of data to sort out causes and effects: changes in population structure, social and economic factors (type of employment, unemployment, weight of housing costs in disposable household income), behavioural trends (attraction of coastal areas and warm climates, changes in family structure) or peri-urban development.