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A major drawback to the traditional Markov formulation of mobility processes is that it assumes population homogeneity with respect to transition behavior. This assumption is clearly violated in most instances of social mobility. In an attemp to relax the homogeneity requirement and still retain the essential character of a Markov process, Blumen, Kogan, and McCarthy (1955) developed the "mover-stayer" model in which heterogeneity is atributed to the presence of two types of persons who differ in their rates of movement. In the present paper, the mover-stayer moel is generalized to permit a consitnous distribution of persons by rate of mobility. The model is illustrated with simulated data and then applied to an analysis of interregional migration.
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