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Retirement migration counties in the Southeastern United States
— geographic, demographic and economic correlates | | Author(s) | William J Serow |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 2, April 2001 |
| Pages | pp 220-227 |
| Keywords | Migration ; Retired persons ; Rural areas ; Coastal areas ; Economic status [elderly] ; Demography ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A brief empirical attempt is made to identify rural counties in the Southeast United States that have consistently attracted older migrants since 1950, and to differentiate the social, demographic and geographic characteristics of these areas of destination from otherwise (initially) similar areas. These counties are followed in successive censuses from 1950 to 1990, identifying those that have consistently experienced in-migration by older people at a rate substantially greater than the overall level. These retirement counties are concentrated in Florida, on the fringes of - or adjacent to - metropolitan areas, or in mountain and coastal locations. The article presents regression analysis of geographic, demographic and economic/structural correlates of migration. This analysis suggests that retirees are attracted to coastal locations whose existing populations have consistently achieved some measure of prosperity, and are not dissimilar from the retirees themselves. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010622216 A |
| Classmark | TN: BB6: RL: RM: F:W: S8: 49: 7T |
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