The Spatial Separation of Parents and Their Adult Children

Rogerson, Peter A.; Weng, Richard; Lin, Ge

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1993.tb01959.x

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“…Our second hypothesis, therefore, is that older adults are more inclined to relocate in the direction of family members as the initial distance to family members is great, and that they are less inclined to move away from them when the initial distance is small (see also Rogerson et al 1993Rogerson et al , 1997.…”

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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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Section: Hypotheses and Previous Researchmentioning

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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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“…In Stoller and Longino's (2001) study of migrants to Florida contemplating a return move, the number of children, siblings, and relatives living close to the original home increased the likelihood of return migration, and the number of children living near the Florida home decreased the likelihood of return migration. Clark and Wolf (1992), Walters (2002), and Rogerson, Weng, and Lin (1993) also examine the relationships among personal and/or place ties and assistance migration. The empirical literature suggests that this move usually takes place five or more years after retirement, sometimes following an initial or amenity migration at the time of retirement (see references cited above).…”

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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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“…Most research on parent-child contact has focused on the relationship a parent has with a specific child: the oldest, the one who lives nearest, the most supportive, or the one with whom the parent has the closest relationship (Rogerson et al 1993). A drawback of such a selection is that one is left guessing about the role of the other siblings.…”

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Intergenerational contact beyond the dyad: the role of the sibling network

2008

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In this paper we aim to reach beyond the dyadic perspective on intergenerational contact and examine the influence of the sibling network on parent-child contact. We include aggregate sibling network characteristics as well as the adult child's position in the network vis-à-vis siblings, and use data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (2002)(2003)(2004) NKPS; N = 4,601 dyads). Regarding aggregate network characteristics results show that having sisters, having stepsiblings, increasing geographical distance between siblings, and decreasing levels of network cohesion are associated with less contact per parent-child dyad. Regarding the position of the adult child vis-à-vis his or her siblings, results show that having geographically or emotionally closer siblings has a negative effect on parentchild contact. The impact of differences in emotional distance among siblings is stronger when the analyses are limited to parents in poor health. Suggestions for future research are made.

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The Spatial Separation of Parents and Their Adult Children

Cited by 82 publications

References 32 publications

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?

Intergenerational contact beyond the dyad: the role of the sibling network

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