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Determinants of elderly residential mobility in southern China — exploration and implications
Author(s)	Ambrose Ma, Nelson W S Chow
Journal title	Ageing International, vol 31, no 1, Winter 2006
Pages	pp 59-70
Source	http://www.transactionpub.com
Keywords	House removal ; Migration ; China ; Hong Kong.
Annotation	It is a widely accepted observation that many older Hong Kong residents have lived periodically on the Chinese mainland since the relaxation of restrictions on cross-border mobility, and the closer connection between Hong Kong and the mainland. This paper explores and compares the determinants of various modes of residential mobility by Hong Kong retirees to the Pearl River Delta based on data from two samples: one from Hong Kong, the other from the mainland. The findings support those studies in Western societies that residential mobility decisions by older people can be effectively predicted by retirees' personal attributes, place ties and person ties, and that the effects of these factors vary with different modes of retiree mobility. The implications of these findings for the formulation of migration and housing policies for the older population and the economic development of amenity communities are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070503248 A
Classmark	TNH: TN: 7DC: 7DR
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