De Jong G F, Wilmoth J M, Angel J L, Cornwell G T
Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1995 Nov;50(6):S395-404. doi: 10.1093/geronb/50b.6.s395.
The proposition that motives for migration are important in explaining geographic mobility of very old persons was explored in this study. Data from the biennial 1984 through 1990 rounds of the Longitudinal Study on Aging were used to predict the move/not-move behavior of a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized respondents aged 70 years and over in 1984. Six motives for elderly migration were identified: health, affiliation, economic security, comfort, functional independence, and getting on with life after family crisis. When incorporated within this motivational framework, reason-for-move data showed that health was not the dominant motive; responses were divided among the five other motive categories. The logistic regression analysis showed that increasing disability was positively related to mobility for respondents in only one of six motive categories. The results suggest that a motive-for-migration perspective broadens the debate on types of, and explanations for, migration behavior of noninstitutionalized very old Americans.
本研究探讨了移民动机在解释高龄老人地理流动性方面的重要性这一命题。利用1984年至1990年每两年一轮的《纵向老龄化研究》数据，预测了1984年年龄在70岁及以上的全国代表性非机构化受访者的迁移/不迁移行为。确定了老年人迁移的六个动机：健康、亲情关系、经济保障、舒适、功能独立以及家庭危机后继续生活。当纳入这个动机框架时，迁移原因数据表明健康并非主要动机；回答分散在其他五个动机类别中。逻辑回归分析表明，在六个动机类别中，仅在其中一个类别中，残疾程度增加与受访者的流动性呈正相关。结果表明，从移民动机的角度拓宽了关于非机构化高龄美国人口迁移行为类型及解释的辩论。
