Sum m ary. Studies of ethnic m inority settlem ent in m ajor cities usually depend upon snapshot evid ence derived from period ic population censuses. The objects of such research are usually city region s, neigh bourhood s or census tracts, and changes throu gh tim e can not be undertak en as process studies but only as com parison s betw een given dates. In discu ssin g the resid ential m obility exp erien ces of ethnic m inority population s it w ould be extrem ely valu able to be able to use individ uals as the researc h units instead of geograp hical areas. This possib ility exists for the study of ethnic m inority resid ential mobility in the Paris region throu gh the secon dary analysis of a m ajor survey carried out in 1986 by the French N ation al D em ograph ic R esearch Institu te (INED ). The resu lts of such an analysis lead to a question ing of certain estab lish ed ideas on theim portan ce of the inner city for resid ence, but provid e con ® rm ation of higher-than -averag e m obility rates.
The joint analysis of two INED longitudinal surveys, one based on a national sample and the other on a sample of Parisians, presents a reconstruction of the residential history of a cohort born between 1926 and 1935 and an evaluation of the role of the Paris region in the migration patterns of these generations . The first part of the paper advocates the advantages offered by such longitudinal data which nevertheless presents the researcher with new challenges . For those French generations born between the two world wars, the beginnings in the post-war housing crisis were difficult . A comparison of the social as well as the residential histories of individuals confirms the close link between geographical and social mobility . The analysis of the social origin and the occupational characteristics of individuals in these categories exhibits the high social mobility in the Paris region which favours dynasties of professionals and provides better opportunities for the other occupations . The Paris region appears as the ideal location to improve one's chances of social advancement . Another characteristic of the post-1950s housing transformation is the diffusion of home-ownership . This affected provincials and Parisians in different ways, both of which are closely examined .
Resumo: O conhecimento da mobilidade urbana é importante para a pesquisa urbana, pois permite conhecer como é que os indivíduos se adaptam às diferentes mudanças na sociedade contemporânea, seja no que diz respeito à actividade económica, à vida privada, ao progresso técnico, ou ainda aos modos de urbanização. O estudo da mobilidade residencial, que não pode ser dissociado de outras formas de mobilidade, como a mobilidade quotidiana, reve la-se ser um bom indicador das profundas transformações, sociais, demográficas, políticas, que atravessam o mundo urbano.O tema da mobilidade foi objecto de numerosos estudos e pesquisas por parte de demógrafos, economistas, geógrafos, historiadores, estatísticos, sociólogos. Mas, mesmo tendo estes tra balhos permitido um progresso considerável no conhecimento da mobilidade, os problemas subsistem, na compreensão dos mecanismos e na análise e medição da própria mobilidade.Palavras-chave : mobilidade geográfica; migração e mobilidade espacial; evolução das estru turas demogrqficas efamiliares; análise transversal e longitudinal da mobilidade.
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