# migration.connectivity: Migration Connectivity Index In migration.indices: Migration indices

## Description

The Migration Connectivity Index measures "the proportion of the total number of potential interregional flows which are not zero":

I_{MC} = ∑_i ∑_{j \neq i} \frac{MC_{ij}}{n(n-1)}

where MC_{ij} is 0 if the flow from i to j is zero and let it be 1 otherwise.

## Usage

 1  migration.connectivity(m) 

## Arguments

 m migration matrix

## Value

A number between 0 and 1 where zero shows no connections between regions.

## References

• M. Bell, M. Blake, P. Boyle, O. Duke-Williams, P. Rees, J. Stillwell and G. Hugo (2002) Cross-National Comparison of Internal Migration. Issues and Measures. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society) 165, 435–464

## Examples

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