Gravity Model of Migration Quiz

Migration is not random; people with certain characteristics are more likely to move.

Migrants often have similar traits, creating two distinct groups: those who are more likely to migrate and those who are less likely to migrate.

Migration often occurs along established routes, like between countries or regions with strong connections.

For every major flow of migrants, there's a smaller, less significant flow of migrants in the opposite direction.

The efficiency of migration increases when more barriers exist between the origin and destination.

A model predicting migration volume between two places based on their population sizes and the distance between them.

It states that migration volume is directly proportional to the product of the two locations' populations and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

A measure of a location's attractiveness to migrants, considering the population of each potential origin and the distance between them.

A model explaining migration based on push (negative) and pull (positive) factors at both the origin and destination.

Factors discouraging people from staying in their origin such as poverty, unemployment or conflict.