[A log-linear analysis of interprovincial migratory flows: Canada, 1961-1983]

"This article presents an in-depth analysis of spatial-temporal characteristics of interprovincial migration in Canada carried out with longitudinal data obtained from the family allowance file. The methodology used calls on the log-linear model underlying the notion of the contingency table. This model permits a simple representation of the observed data, with the aid of parameters typical of the many possible interactions between the variables in question (variables of origin, destination and period in the present case)." The relative influence of the selected variables on migration is first assessed. "Second, this influence is further specified with the aid of a detailed investigation of the parameters that are relative to the quasi-independence variance, that is to say, the variance where only the effect of interaction between the three variables is ignored. Together with the suggestion that the variables of origin and destination are not independent (a result that confirms the need to emphasize interregional streams in the study of migration), this investigation sets forth some conclusions about the temporal variations of interprovincial migration." (summary in ENG, SPA)