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Residential Mobility of the Elderly in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Lokky Wai  and
Roderic P. Beaujot
Lokky Wai
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
Roderic P. Beaujot
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

This study uses data from the 1975 Retirement Survey to analyze the factors underlying the residential mobility of the elderly in Canada. Two theoretical perpectives are considered, one emphasizing questions of community integration as a constraint on migration and the other focusing on the economic aspects of migration. We find more support for the integration perspective, at least if home ownership and married status are used as measures of integration. While economic questions can act as push factors (difficulty of upkeep or expensive taxes), income as such can both facilitate movement and be a measure of community integration.

Résumé

La présente étude est une analyse des facteurs contribuant à la mobilité domiciliaire des personnes âgées éffectuée à partir des données fournies par l'enquête sur la retraite (Retirement Survey) de 1975. Deux perspectives théoriques ont été retenues. La première souligne l'effet négatif qu'exerce sur le déplacement l'intégration dans la communauté; la seconde concerne les aspects économiques du déplacement. Nos conclusions appuyent la première, tout au moins dans la mesure où la propriété immobilière et l'état matrimonial sont utilisés pour déterminer le degré d'intégration. Même si les questions économiques (difficultés d'entretien, impôts élevés) interviennent, le revenu peut aussi bien constitue un facteur favorisant le déplacement qu'une indication du degré d'integration.

Keywords

mobilityelderlyintegrationincomeCanada.
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 1 , Issue 1-2 , September 1982 , pp. 43 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1982

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