The Development of Migration Expectations: Changes Throughout the Lifecourse
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 41 (2) , 290-295
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/41.2.290
Abstract
This research examines how the relative influence of factors that determine an individual's expectations of moving varies throughout the lifecourse. Factors representing personal characteristics, ties to origin, and ties to potential destinations were used to discriminate between expected migrants and nonmigrants in three population subgroups representing different stages of life. These subgroups included a general adult population, a preretirement population, and an elderly population. The results indicate that personal characteristics are most influential among preretirement persons, ties to origin are most influential among the general and elderly populations, and ties to potential destinations are influential among all population subgroups.Keywords
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