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Migration in later life — evidence from the British Household Panel Study
Author(s)	Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Marcus Green
Journal title	Population Trends, no 141, Autumn 2010
Pages	pp 74-91
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	House removal ; Migration ; Longitudinal surveys ; United Kingdom.
Annotation	This article uses data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) over the period 1991 - 2007 to examine the factors associated with residential mobility among people aged 50 and over. In line with earlier research, the likelihood of migrating, that is, changing address, is found to vary according to the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the older person. Those in late middle age (50-59) and the oldest-old (90 and over) were most likely to move. Migration was also strongly associated with changes in partnership, health and economic status during the last 12 months, highlighting the importance of seeing migration within a life course context with certain life course events such as divorce, widowhood or retirement being important triggers for prompting a move. As divorce and remarriage become more common in later life, 'relationship driven migration' is likely to become more important, adding a new category to the classical typology of later life migration. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-101122225 A
Classmark	TNH: TN: 3J: 8
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