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The development of migration expectations: changes throughout the lifecourse.
Journal of Gerontology
|March 1, 1986
Summary
Understanding migration expectations across the lifecourse is key. Personal traits, origin ties, and destination links influence moving decisions differently for general, preretirement, and elderly populations.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Gerontology
- Demography
Background:
- Migration expectations are influenced by various factors throughout an individual's life.
- Understanding these factors is crucial for demographic and social research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine how the influence of factors determining migration expectations changes across the lifecourse.
- To differentiate between expected migrants and nonmigrants across different life stages.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of factors influencing migration expectations in three distinct population subgroups: general adults, preretirement individuals, and the elderly.
- Utilizing personal characteristics, ties to origin, and ties to potential destinations as discriminating factors.
Main Results:
- Personal characteristics were most influential for the preretirement population.
- Ties to origin were most influential for the general and elderly populations.
- Ties to potential destinations demonstrated influence across all studied population subgroups.
Conclusions:
- The relative importance of factors influencing migration expectations is age-dependent.
- Migration decision-making is a dynamic process influenced by life stage and specific personal and social connections.