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Title: The Changing Roles of Disability, Veteran, and Socioeconomic Status in Elderly Interstate Migration

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This research explores how interstate elderly migration behavior through the life course has changed over time by examining the role of individual characteristics in different types of moves. The authors focus on disability, veteran, and socioeconomic status, which research suggests are linked with differing motives for elderly migration. Using data from the 1970-2000 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), descriptive and multivariate analyses show that disability status has grown in importance while veteran and socioeconomic status have declined or remained stable. These changes are unique to the elderly. The growing role of disability in elderly migration is geographically universal, extending to both return (a proxy for assistance-related migration) and nonreturn migration. Possible explanations include a tendency for the first (amenity-based) elderly move to occur at younger ages and a decline in primarily milder disabilities that leads to relatively more severe disabilitiesand need for assistanceof those remaining.

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Authors: Rork, Jonathan C.; Conway, Karen

Periodical (Full): Research on aging

Issue: 3

Volume: 33

Pages: 256-285

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Health, Migration and Immigration

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