migration.cv.out {migration.indices}

Out-migration Coefficient of Variation

Description

As "the coefficient of variation is defined as the standard deviation to mean ratio of a distribution", the Out-migration Coefficient of Variation is computed by dividing the standard deviation (with the nominator being n instead of n-1) of the out-migration flows by the mean.

Usage

migration.cv.out(m)

Arguments

m

migration matrix

Value

A numeric vector of standardized values where a higher (\neq 0) shows more spatial focus.

References

• Andrei Rogers and Stuart Sweeney (1998) Measuring the Spatial Focus of Migration Patterns. The Professional Geographer 50, 232–242

See Also

migration.cv.in migration.acv.in migration.acv.out migration.acv

Examples

## Not run: 
data(migration.hyp)
migration.cv.out(migration.hyp)    # 0 0 0
migration.cv.out(migration.hyp2)   # 0.00 0.25 0.00

## End(Not run)