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Life satisfaction of migrants, stayers and returnees
— reaping the fruits of migration in old age? | | Author(s) | Helen Baykara-Krumme, Lucinda Platt |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 38, no 4, April 2018 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, April 2018 |
| Pages | pp 721-745 |
| Source | http://www.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Migration ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Living patterns ; Well being ; Quantitative studies ; Turkey. |
| Annotation | Turks constitute one of the largest migrant groups in Europe, and the growing population of older Turkish migrants display greater risks of loneliness and material disadvantage compared to native-born populations in Europe. However, compared to their non-migrant peers from the country of origin, older migrants may experience gains from migration that are reflected in their life satisfaction. The authors evaluate the effects of migration on life satisfaction in later life, by comparing older migrants' life satisfaction with that of non-migrants and return migrants of a similar age and originating from the same regions in Turkey. They use the 2000 Families Study, a large survey of Turkish migrants from the peak labour migration period and their non-migrant comparators, to investigate whether life satisfaction of migrants and stayers differs and the possible causes of any differences. They find that both migrants and return migrants experience higher life satisfaction in old age than stayers. However, the gap cannot be explained by the classical determinants of life satisfaction such as income, health, partner and friends, or religiosity, nor by the better outcomes of the migrants' children. Possible reasons for this migration satisfaction advantage are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180323203 A |
| Classmark | TN: F: K7: D:F:5HH: 3DQ: 7GB |
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