Having no partner increased their moving probability by 23 percent. The results are consistent with the view that men exert the main influence on the mobility decisions of couples. The two sets of data examined by the researchers show that, once in a relationship, women tend to move because of their partner's jobs. These workers account for 14 percent of all residential movers, and for 6 percent of those who change employer. Unemployed people in Britain are the most likely, once other factors are held constant, to move house for job reasons.
Divorce increases men's mobility, and decreases women's.
Higher childhood IQ test scores are a predictor of greater mobility later in life. Single young people are the most mobile group in society. Private rental housing seems to have an important effect in helping to produce a mobile workforce. All rights reserved.