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Predictors of non-local moves among older adults
— a prospective study | | Author(s) | Charles F Longino, Don E Bradley, Eleanor P Stoller |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp S7-S14 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Migration ; House removal ; Middle aged ; 60-64 age group ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The goal of this article was to test a series of established predictors of the hazard of moving for people primarily in their 50s and 60s. The authors tested demographic covariates, resources, travel experience, and community and person ties using a prospective design. They employed data from the (US) Health and Retirement Study (HRS), 1994 to 2002, based on a representative sample of households containing at least one member aged 51 to 61 in 1992. They used measures available in the Health and Retirement Study to construct a series of Cox proportional hazards models that examined the causes of non-local moves. Results found that community and person ties emerged as important predictors of non-local moves. Travel experience, when measured by regular holidaying and second homes, may increase community ties to a destination. The life-course model must be modified in its explanation of the importance of community and person ties, and of life transitions, as motivators of migration. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091208215 A |
| Classmark | TN: TNH: SE: BBC: 3J: 7T |
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