Mobilność przestrzenna na obszarach wiejskich Polski wschodniej

The goal of this study was to present an analysis of spatial diversity of internal migrations in rural areas of Eastern Poland in the period of 2004-2014. The subject included migrations which belong to the most significant social and economic changes. The study applied the definition of internal migrations according to the Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS) – change of place of residence (permanent or temporary) in the territory of Poland related to crossing the administrative border of a gmina, including – in case of urban-rural gminas – changes of the place of residence within a gmina, i.e. from rural to urban areas and vice versa. The study analyzed all rural gminas and rural parts of urban-rural gminas of five voivodeships: Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Świętokrzyskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie.