Geographic mobility of the elderly in industrialized societies.

The authors examine the geographic relocation of the elderly in developed countries as a factor in the growth of population in subnational areas. "It is the purpose of this chapter to review this aspect of population redistribution and determine the extent to which cross-national regularities exist. More specifically we review the findings from a recently completed cross-national study on the migration of older persons as well as other relevant studies to determine the state of our knowledge regarding the magnitude of and differences in the geographic mobility of the older population...." Consideration is given to the influence of such variables as age sex marital status motivation and geographic distances. (EXCERPT)