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Migration and aging — the case of Zimbabwe
Author(s)	Andrew C Nyanguru
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 19, no 4, 2007
Pages	pp 57-86
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Migration ; Living patterns ; Life satisfaction ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Social surveys ; Zimbabwe.
Annotation	This paper is based on a study in Zimbabwe of older people over 60 living in Harare, Mutare and villages up to 50 km from these two cities. The major areas studied were the types of migrants, preferred residence and their overall life satisfaction. Interviews were carried out by unemployed school dropouts from the two cities, especially trained for the job. The results showed that the rural-urban migrants constituted the largest group, while returnee migrants were the smallest. Among the respondents were also foreign, rural-rural and non-migrants. There were significant differences by location and gender. Three-quarters of the respondents preferred to live in a village than in a city. Returnee migrants were consistently the most satisfied, and the least were those who had not migrated. Policy implications are discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080212213 A
Classmark	TN: K7: F:5HH: RK: RL: 3F: 7NR
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