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Contextual Analysis of Rural Migration Intention: A Comparison of Taiwanese and Pennsylvania Data

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 301 Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802

This paper uses the interactional community approach to examine the effects of community attachment and quality of life on migration intention in rural Pennsylvania and Taiwanese communi ties. Both quality of life and community attachment were found to have positive effects on reducing migration intention. Similar patterns were found in both data sets, although the hypothesis that qual ity of life mediates the effect of community attachment on migration intention was not supported in the Taiwanese data. Separate models that include additional measures of community attachment and quality of life are needed to further elaborate the mediating effect of quality of life on the relationship between community attachment and migration intention.

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