How much of that trend is accounted for general migration from pacific to mountain states? In other words, what is different between LDS moving from pacific to mountain from everyone else migrating from the pacific to mountain states?
Hi Darin, I added a little section to the end of the post answering your question. TLDR LDS are much more likely to move to the mountain region (from the pacific) compared to the US Overall.
I am curious about the differences in gender here and if they made a difference to the interpretation of the data. (I’m thinking of the stereotype that Mormon women are more likely to start college but not finish. And/or one spouse has a college degree that moves the whole family but the other spouse falls into the no degree category.) It’s likely that the data set we have currently is not large/precise enough to support an analysis of this nature, but I still wonder!
Great research! Historically LDS people moved to pursue or work in higher education, to go into and be deployed by the military, and to work for the federal government. Probably other employment sectors have somewhat displaced the prevalence of those kinds of jobs. My guess is that higher education still plays a major role in moving. You just can't see it because not everyone completes their degree program.
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Well, these arrows predict me perfectly.
Awesome stuff Alex! Those migration maps are really cool!
Thanks Dallin. You're pretty much my data viz hype guy 😂
I take that job seriously dude!
How much of that trend is accounted for general migration from pacific to mountain states? In other words, what is different between LDS moving from pacific to mountain from everyone else migrating from the pacific to mountain states?
Hi Darin, I added a little section to the end of the post answering your question. TLDR LDS are much more likely to move to the mountain region (from the pacific) compared to the US Overall.
I am curious about the differences in gender here and if they made a difference to the interpretation of the data. (I’m thinking of the stereotype that Mormon women are more likely to start college but not finish. And/or one spouse has a college degree that moves the whole family but the other spouse falls into the no degree category.) It’s likely that the data set we have currently is not large/precise enough to support an analysis of this nature, but I still wonder!
Great research! Historically LDS people moved to pursue or work in higher education, to go into and be deployed by the military, and to work for the federal government. Probably other employment sectors have somewhat displaced the prevalence of those kinds of jobs. My guess is that higher education still plays a major role in moving. You just can't see it because not everyone completes their degree program.