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C F Longino

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PubMed1992

Regional differences in the characteristics of elderly return migrants.

We examined return migrants age 60+ and argue from a regional analysis of their population characteristics that they fall into two primary types of movers: provincial return migrants and counterstream return migrants. When profiled as a whole, using 1980 census microdata, return migrants are older and more residentially dependent than nonreturn migrants. However, when regional variations are considered, this generalization breaks down. Perhaps return to one's state of birth is overemphasized in discussions of counterstream migration. Provincial return migration seems strongest in the South, with an interesting racial twist, and counterstream return migration seems strongest in the Northeast. Conceivably it is not a return to one's state of birth that is at issue among counterstream migrants, but rather a return from a Sunbelt retirement move to an earlier place of residence, regardless of whether one was born there.

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PubMed1992

Health and geographic mobility among the recently widowed.

The death of a spouse has been described as the most disruptive and difficult role transition that an individual confronts throughout the life course. Using data from the 1984 and 1986 waves of the Longitudinal Study of Aging conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, we examined the probability of moving associated with changes in functional disability levels over a two-year period while controlling for recent widowhood. We found that the greater the increase in instrumental disability between 1984 and 1986, the greater the probability of a move. We also found that the event of becoming a widow greatly increases the probability of a move when health declines.

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PubMed1992

Veteran interstate migration and VA health service use.

Resource allocations within the VA health care system are based in part on the number of veterans in an area plus the number of veterans expected to move into the area. This paper examines the relative importance of geographic mobility as a factor affecting the use of VA health services by the older veteran population in the U.S. Using a variety of secondary data sources, we found that the variation in state VA health service admission rates is better explained primarily by the characteristics of the resident nonmobile veteran population and the characteristics of veterans migrating to the state, not just by their numbers. Health care demand projections should take these findings into account.

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PubMed1991

Regional retirement migration: the case of Cape Cod.

Using microlevel data from the Cape Cod Retirement Migration Study, this study addressed two questions: Why are regional destinations attractive to older migrants? Are there any salient differences among regional retirement migrants? Cape Cod, Massachusetts, attracts regional migrants for primarily three reasons: it is a familiar place to most migrants; it is a proximate setting for a variety of amenities; and it is relatively near these migrants' communities of origin, allowing them to maintain ties to previous residences. We argue that a regional move allows migrants to preserve some degree of continuity in their lives that would be impossible had they moved across greater distances, and that the experiences of intrastate migrants illustrate this theme of continuity to a greater extent than those of interstate regional migrants. Our research provides strong evidence that the distance of the move is an important dimension of the migration process for older people and one that can be fruitfully studied on both the macro and micro levels of analysis.

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PubMed1991

Black retirement migration in the United States.

The specific aim of this study was to extend the analysis of retirement migration patterns to older Blacks. The 1980 Census public use sample A provided the data for this analysis. Because of their strong initial southern settlement and their labor force out-migration patterns in this century, many older Black migrants are "provincial return migrants" to the South, a migrant type that may decline among Blacks in the future. There is also a regional counterstream migration pattern among older Black migrants. Out-migrants in this stream from the South have elevated indicators of dependency. Suggestions are made for other related studies of Black retirement migration.

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PubMed1991

The second move: health and geographic mobility.

Litwak and Longino (1987) proposed a life course typology of elderly migration in which the second type of move is associated with the development of chronic disabilities that make it difficult to perform everyday household tasks. We examined this intermediate type of move, classified between "amenity moves" in early retirement and "institutional" moves in late old age, a type of migration that had not been verified in existing research. Using data from the 1984 and 1986 waves of the Longitudinal Study of Aging by the National Center for Health Statistics, we tested the proposition that the proportion of moves increases with higher levels of instrumental functional disability over time. The probabilities generated by our model have an impressive range as predicted by Litwak and Longino in the second move portion of their model of retirement migration.

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PubMed1990

Elderly Hispanic migration in the United States.

The specific aim of this study was to extend the analysis of migration patterns to Hispanics (Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Other Hispanic) over the age of 60. The 1980 Census public use sample provided the data for this study, which was structured by four research expectations derived from features of the Hispanic population and from migration concepts. First, because of population growth, migration from abroad was expected to be heavy, and about half came from abroad. Second, because of the pattern of Hispanic population concentration and the different settlement patterns of the four subgroups, a relatively small migration system with distinct subsystems for the four nationality groups was expected and found. Florida is the major ethnomagnet. Third, traditional family values, as reflected in dependent living arrangements, were expected to be more prevalent among migrants from abroad, and they were. Finally, returning to one's state of birth was highest among Mexican interstate migrants, as expected.

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PubMed1990

Retirement migration and interstate income transfers.

This paper examines one aspect of the economic impact of elderly migration, the transfer of income from state to state, a concern of policymakers, planners, and researchers. Using 1980 census microdata files it was determined that billions of dollars are transferred between states each year, some states (especially Florida) gaining and others losing. The 1980/1981 Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey was used to estimate the consumption patterns of the typical migrant household. These findings are discussed in the context of state economic development.

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PubMed1989

An examination of loneliness among elderly Canadian seasonal residents in Florida.

As part of a larger study focusing on different facets of the lives of 2,731 older Canadians who seasonally reside in Florida, we investigated primarily the extent of family and friendship contacts and the loneliness expressed by these older Canadians. The data were collected using a questionnaire that was distributed and returned by mail. The sample was taken from the subscription list of a newspaper in Florida that was a subsidiary of a large Canadian newspaper. The results show a population that was relatively young, married, in generally good health, and with rather extensive contacts with family and friends while residing in Florida. Nevertheless, more than a fifth indicated they were at least somewhat lonely. Results, using discriminate function analysis, showed that those more lonely were younger, female, less educated, not married, in poorer physical health, had fewer Florida friends, and had more children who lived near them in Canada, but fewer children who lived near them in the United States. Implications of the results are discussed.

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PubMed1989

Comparing the economically advantaged and the pension elite: 1980 census profiles.

The number of economically advantaged retirees has grown rapidly since World War II. About 50% of retired individuals and 40% of retired households in the U.S. in 1980 had family income of more than double the poverty level. Economically advantaged retired households are most often headed by married, noncentral-city homeowners who show residential stability. They tend to have multiple income sources, some with income from at least three sources (the pension elite).

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PubMed1988

Older Canadians in Florida. The social networks of international seasonal migrants.

This study focuses on selected aspects of the social networks of older Canadians who are seasonal migrants to Florida, using a large respondent pool solicited from the readership of a newspaper serving the Canadian population in Florida. Findings such as the high rate of home ownership and the geographic stability of their Florida destination indicate the degree of integration in Florida. The respondent's contact with family members is relatively high while in Canada but considerably lower when in Florida. However, for a minority of respondents, a seasonal migration brings them closer to family members. This reduction of family contact is compensated by new friendships formed in the predominantly age-homogeneous residential environment of Florida. It is clear that older Canadians who winter in Florida have strong social networks when they are away from home.

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PubMed1987

Distance versus destination: stream selectivity of elderly interstate migrants.

Migration streams of persons age 60 years and older that share a common origin state, but with widely separated county-group destinations, were examined to determine the relative effect of distance upon migration selectivity. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics common to selectivity studies were used for the comparisons. The findings showed that distance made little difference. Controlling for destination, we matched and compared the characteristics of older migrants from states of different distances. We looked at those coming to Arizona from California, Illinois, and Ohio, to the New York City suburbs from Pennsylvania and Florida, and to Chicago from Michigan and California. Repeatedly the story was the same. Distance was not an important factor; significant differences between these streams were rare. This analysis used the 1-in-100 1970 census public use microdata sample and used tests for identifying significant differences between streams.

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PubMed1984

Aged metropolitan-nonmetropolitan migration streams over three census decades.

One type of population redistribution is discussed in this paper. It is the migration of older people between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan locations as it has occurred over three decades. Both net migration and stream migration studies documented the metropolitan-to-nonmetropolitan turnaround between 1960 and 1970, but no three-decade trends have been established and thus the trend remains in doubt. The data used in this analysis came from the census microdata files, using the 1-in-100 samples in 1960 and 1970 and the 1-in-40 sample in 1980. Only the records of persons age 60 and over were examined. This analysis documents the continuation of the turnaround in 1980 among older migrants and pictures them as forerunners of larger migration trends. It also discusses the dynamics of the trend and some of the processes that may have brought it about and maintain it.

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