Ep. Stoller et Cf. Longino, "Going home" or "leaving home"? The impact of person and place ties on anticipated counterstream migration, GERONTOLOGI, 41(1), 2001, pp. 96-102
Purpose: The probability of anticipated return migration in retirees is exp
lored. Design and Methods: Survey data were analyzed from interviews with a
sample of elderly European Americans who migrated to a metropolitan city o
n Florida's east coast following retirement. Results: Results are consisten
t with the specification of the 2nd move in E. Litwak and C. F. Longino's (
1987) life course model of retirement migration. Respondents were unlikely
to anticipate a return move unless ties to the back home community made suc
h a move possible. Implications: Ties with children, both back home and in
Florida, significantly influence consideration of a return move.