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Elderly migration and development in small communities
Growth and Change
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
"This paper develops a conceptual model of the process of community change [in the United States] in response to elderly inmigration. Analysis of intra-regional variation in elderly migration patterns in Appalachia, and synthesis of an emergent literature on the benefits and costs of attracting elderly migrants, serve as a backdrop for case studies, based on field observations and interviews, of three contrasting Appalachian communities at different stages of development as retirement destinations."
Keywords:
AdultAge FactorsAgedAmericasCase StudiesDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEconomic FactorsEmployment StatusMigrationMigration, InternalModels, TheoreticalNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologyRetirementSocioeconomic FactorsSocioeconomic StatusStudiesUnited States