Serow W J
Center for the Study of Population, The Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-2240, USA.
Gerontologist. 2001 Apr;41(2):220-7. doi: 10.1093/geront/41.2.220.
This article is a brief empirical attempt to identify rural areas in the Southeast United States that have consistently attracted older migrants since 1950 and to ascertain the social, demographic, and geographic characteristics of these areas of destination that differentiate them from otherwise (initially) similar areas. These counties are followed over the successive censuses from 1950 through 1990, identifying those that have consistently experienced elderly in-migration at a rate substantially greater than the overall level. These retirement counties are concentrated in Florida, on the fringes of or adjacent to metropolitan areas or in mountain and coastal locations. The article presents regression analysis of geographic, demographic, and economic/structural correlates of migration. This analysis suggests that retirees are attracted to coastal locations whose existing populations have consistently achieved some measure of prosperity and are not dissimilar from the retirees themselves.
本文是一项简短的实证研究，旨在确定自1950年以来美国东南部持续吸引老年移民的农村地区，并确定这些目的地地区的社会、人口和地理特征，这些特征使它们与其他（最初）类似地区有所不同。从1950年到1990年的连续人口普查对这些县进行了跟踪，确定了那些老年移民率一直大大高于总体水平的县。这些退休县集中在佛罗里达州，位于大都市区的边缘或附近，或位于山区和沿海地区。本文对移民的地理、人口和经济/结构相关性进行了回归分析。该分析表明，退休人员被吸引到沿海地区，这些地区现有的人口一直实现了一定程度的繁荣，与退休人员本身并无不同。
