Residence Histories and Exposure Residences for the United States Population

Residence histories were collected in a supplement to the Current Population Survey. By restricting query to places rather than individual dwellings, complete histories were obtainable for ninety per cent of the sample. The concept of “exposure residence” is suggested as one technique for summarizing residence histories. Exposure residence data for the United States adult population are presented, and are used to support the hypothesis of stage patterning of rural-urban migration.