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To Go or To Stay? The Motivation Behind Immobility in A Hungarian Micro-Region

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  • Ondrik Szonja

    (Szonja Ondrik, MSc. Student, Ludovika University of Public Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)

  • Varga Ágnes

    (Ágnes Varga, PhD, assistant professor, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary)

Abstract

While the motivations behind rural mobility have been extensively studied, the factors determining immobility are less discussed. In this study, we applied a quantitative and qualitative methodology built on a theoretical framework based on the literature to analyse primary and secondary data to answer the following question: What factors play a primary role in someone from a relatively disadvantaged rural area deciding in favour of immobility? Our results showed that those who remained in the region surveyed had the resources to build a life elsewhere, but family ties, property, or the fact that the way of life they desired in the city could not be realised bound them to their homeland.

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  • Ondrik Szonja & Varga Ágnes, 2024. "To Go or To Stay? The Motivation Behind Immobility in A Hungarian Micro-Region," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 16(3), pages 385-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:16:y:2024:i:3:p:385-411:n:1002
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2024-0021
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