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Older labour migrants' wellbeing in Europe
— the case of Switzerland | | Author(s) | Claudio Bolzman, Raffaella Poncioni-Derigo, Marie Vial |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 24, part 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp 411-430 |
| Source | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Employment of older people ; Economic status [elderly] ; Well being ; Health [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Switzerland. |
| Annotation | Several aspects of the social situation of the older immigrant population in Switzerland are examined in this paper. It reviews their demographic history and characteristics, and provides profiles of their health and well-being, their material standard of life, and access to social security and related benefits. It reports selected findings from an original survey of older Italian and Spanish citizens who are resident in the country, which show relatively high rates of disadvantage and poverty. The determination of a large proportion of the immigrant population to remain in Switzerland after they have ceased work demonstrates that the minorities who entered the country as labour migrants will become a permanent element of the Swiss population and its society. Neither the politicians nor the general public in Switzerland have yet accepted the reality of this new diversity. Given the continuation and indeed growth of international labour migration, the paper concludes by discussing the social policy and attitudinal opinions that face the governments and the population of Switzerland and many other European countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040514205 A |
| Classmark | TJ: GC: F:W: D:F:5HH: CC: 3F: 76C |
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