von Reichert Christiane, Berry E Helen
Department of Geography and RTC: Rural, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
Popul Space Place. 2019 Oct;1:1-18.
Disability rates are higher in rural than in urban areas of the United States, raising the question: do residential preferences and selective migration of people with disabilities play a role in higher rural disability rates? Utilising concepts of environmental fit from the disability literature and ideas from classic, residential preference, and household migration studies, we examine the 2011-2015 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample to understand whether migration contributes to higher rural disability. Results show only slightly different propensities to stay in rural than in urban areas and similar destination choices of people with or without disability, suggesting that migration does little to explain higher rates of rural disability. However, we detect noteworthy differences in age migration schedules for persons with disability, persons without disability in households with disability, and persons without disability in households without disability. Disability emerges as a relevant, although underresearched, dimension in household migration research.
美国农村地区的残疾率高于城市地区，这引发了一个问题：残疾人的居住偏好和选择性迁移是否导致了农村地区较高的残疾率？利用残疾文献中的环境适配概念以及经典、居住偏好和家庭迁移研究中的观点，我们分析了2011 - 2015年美国社区调查公共使用微观数据样本，以了解迁移是否导致农村地区较高的残疾率。结果显示，残疾人和非残疾人留在农村地区的倾向仅略有不同，且目的地选择相似，这表明迁移对农村地区较高残疾率的解释作用不大。然而，我们发现，残疾人、有残疾家庭成员的非残疾人以及无残疾家庭成员的非残疾人在年龄迁移模式上存在显著差异。残疾成为家庭迁移研究中一个相关但研究不足的维度。
