Migration Patterns Among the Elderly: A Developmental Perspective

Litwak, Eugene; Longino, Charles F.

doi:10.1093/geront/27.3.266

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“…Possibly here the age limit of the NKPS dataset has played a part, and this variable would have more eVect if older adults above 80 years of age were taken up in the analysis. Finally, living alone has, completely in line with previous research (Litwak and Longino 1987), a strong positive eVect on relocation with increase of distance. Evidently, quite diVerent reasons for relocation operate for older adults living alone, such as the lack of obligations with respect to work or family.…”

Section: Multivariate Analysessupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Previous research on the direction of migration of older adults with respect to family members is scarce and focuses mainly on migration towards adult children (Law and Warnes 1982;Litwak and Longino 1987;Rogerson et al 1997;Speare and McNally 1992;Silverstein 1995). The aim of this article is the enhancement of our understanding of the extent to which the relocation behaviour of older adults in the Netherlands is inXuenced by the distance not only to children, but also to siblings.…”

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Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

Diepen

Mulder

2008

J Hous and the Built Environ

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For older people, proximity to family members may well be highly valuable. In this paper, we investigate to what extent the relocation behaviour of older people is associated with the distance to their children and siblings. For the analysis, we have used data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. This dataset includes detailed geographical information about places of residence. We employ descriptive analyses and multinomial logistic regression of moving closer to family members and moving away from them. We Wnd that, with increasing distance to children, older people are more inclined to move closer to their children and slightly less inclined to move away from them. The Wndings for moving closer to and away from siblings are similar, but less pronounced. We also Wnd that older people with grandchildren are more likely to move closer to their children than those without grandchildren. No inXuence of health problems on relocations of older adults is found.

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Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

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Mulder

2008

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…The currently accepted demographic model of elder migration is a developmental or life-cycle model in which retirees may make all or none of three potential types of moves (Litwak and Longino 1987). The first type of move is an amenity migration, in which physically and financially healthy retirees migrate to locations providing the desired retirement amenities: temperate climate, recreational opportunities, etc.…”

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“…Moreover, health facilities are often located near population centers, so this variable could also be capturing some of the Table 2 summarizes the regression results for the 65-69 age group. Migration in this age group is expected to be predominantly of the amenity migration type (Litwak and Longino 1987). The regressions use increasingly strict definitions of "rural," with the right-most column being the most restrictive (rural, agricultural counties).…”

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Can Health Care Services Attract Retirees And Contribute to the Economic Sustainability of Rural Places?

Oehmke

Tsukamoto

Post

2007

Agric. resour. econ. rev.

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The search for engines to power rural economic growth has gone beyond the traditional boundaries of the food and fiber sector to industries such as tourism and to schemes such as attracting metropolitan workers to commuter communities with rural amenities. A group that has been somewhat overlooked is retirees, who may wish to trade in urban or suburban lifestyles for a more peaceful rural retirement. An industry that has been neglected is the health care industry, which is the most rapidly growing industry nationally and of particular interest to retirees and aging populations. This paper examines the importance of rural health care services in attracting migrants age 65+ to rural counties in Michigan. Results indicate that the number of health care workers has a positive effect on net in-migration, and that this effect is large and statistically significant for the 70+ age group. Implications for rural development strategies are discussed. Key Words: elder migration, health care, rural developmentIn recent years the search for an economically sustainable basis for rural communities has moved away from reliance on traditional agriculture or resource extraction as the primary engine of economic growth, or even sustainability. 1 Robinson, Lyson, and Christy (2002) argue that globalization increases the difficulty of creating an economically viable rural community based on traditional agriculture and markets. Barkley and Wilson (1992) examine alternative agriculture (including value added) as an engine of rural economic growth, but find that the possibilities for income and employment generation are limited. Kim, Marcouiller, and Deller (2005) emphasize that many of the resources that provide the basis for extractive industries also serve as rural ameniJames Oehmke and Satoshi Tsukamoto are Professor and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Lori Post is Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media, and Assistant Dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, also at Michigan State University 1 Meaningful definitions of rural sustainability are diverse (Gold 1999). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) defines sustainability as generating a high level of economic prosperity while protecting natural systems. A common thread among the definitions is that meaningful employment is a necessary condition for economic sustainability, and we focus on employment in our discussion.ties-for example, forests. A literature is emerging on amenity-based rural sustainability (e.g., Che 2003, Bukenya, Gebremedhin, and Shaeffer 2003, Nzaku and Bukenya 2005. Complementary to this literature are investigations into how rural amenities can attract migrants to the area. For example, Renkow (2003) suggests that the emergence of a labor force choosing to live in rural areas to take advantage of rural amenities and commuting to metropolitan jobs can have positive effects on rural economies. Goetz a...

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“…Ellis (1996), for example, finds high rates of out-migration among those diagnosed with AIDS, with the spatial concentration of people with AIDS becoming more concentrated in areas with good-health care facilities. Litwak and Longino (1987) and Meyer and Speare (1985) focus on stages of elderly migration, contrasting amenity-oriented moves early in retirement (dominated by healthy retirees) with assistance-oriented moves later in life. Thus healthy new retirees congregate in popular retirement destinations such as Florida, leaving the less healthy behind in origins such as the Northeastern and Midwestern United States.…”

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The effects of migration on the detection of geographic differences in disease risk

Rogerson¹,

Han²

2002

Social Science & Medicine

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Human migration can make it more difficult to detect geographic differences in disease risk because of the spatial diffusion of people originally exposed in a given geographic area. There are also situations where migration can facilitate the detection of disease attributable to environmental hazards. This paper assesses the effects that migration has on the ability to detect regional variability in disease risk. Several characteristics of migration are discussed, including some that are not widely known. Because of regional variations in mobility rates and other characteristics of the migration process, there is substantial regional variation in the ability to detect spatial variation in risk. r

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Migration Patterns Among the Elderly: A Developmental Perspective

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Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

Distance to family members and relocations of older adults

Can Health Care Services Attract Retirees And Contribute to the Economic Sustainability of Rural Places?

The effects of migration on the detection of geographic differences in disease risk

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