Abstract
During the period 1960–1976, seven countries absorbed nearly nine-tenths of American emigrants: Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia, and Israel, in descending order. Availability and comparability of data only permit us to conduct a comparative analysis of emigration to Australia and Israel from the United States, examining factors in motivation, absorption and adjustment, and return migration. Durkheim’s insight that individual behavior is related to the strength of the social bond is significant for explaining American emigration. We suggest a typology of goals, or foci, of migrants’ activities: self-expressive, others-expressive, self-instrumental, and others-instrumental. This typology permits a clearer comparison of different groups of Americans, for the type of voluntary permanent international migration between developed societies, which is the subject of this book. Several data sources were utilized: Australian Sample Survey (N = 328), Australian Interview Study (N = 50), Israel Immigrant Absorption Survey (N = 560), Americans in Israel Study (N = 131), and the PNAI (Parents of North American Israeli migrants) Study (N = 107). These data were collected during the period 1969–1984.
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