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| Residential dynamics and neighbourhood conditions of older migrants and native Dutch older adults in Amsterdam, the Netherlands | | Author(s) | Sabine van der Greft, Sako Musterd, Frans Thissen |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 36, no 1, January 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, January 2016 |
| Pages | pp 189-218 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Ethnic groups ; White people ; Housing [elderly] ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Urban areas ; Comparison ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The share of older migrants in Dutch cities is increasing. However, only limited knowledge has been gained about the urban conditions that older migrants live in and how these compare to those of their native Dutch counterparts. This paper uses detailed information on residential patterns, housing conditions and levels of neighbourhood deprivation in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and links this information to data about housing, neighbourhood satisfaction and perceived safety. Empirical evidence demonstrates that there is strong path dependence with regard to the places in which one finds different groups of older non-Western migrants. Older non-Western migrants in Amsterdam are highly concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The number of concentrations has increased significantly over the past decade, as well as the levels of concentration. Nevertheless, no indications of social isolation were found. With regard to housing conditions, socio-economically similar groups of native Dutch and Surinamese 55+ residents aged 55+ had better conditions, compared to Turkish and Moroccan residents aged 55+. These conditions correspond with levels of housing satisfaction. Surinamese older people are more positive about their neighbourhoods. The authors hypothesise that this is related to the restructuring of neighbourhoods where Surinamese residents aged 55+ are concentrated. Although the immediate environment of older non-Western people is characterised by high levels of social deprivation, this does not translate into dissatisfaction with social relations or feelings of lack of safety. This suggests that their residential concentration in particular urban neighbourhoods may also bring significant opportunities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160105009 A |
| Classmark | TJ: TK: TKA: KE: RH: RK: 48: 76H |
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