Title | Health, retirement, and migration from metro counties: evidence from the health and retirement study |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Johnson, NE |
Journal | Biodemography and Social Biology |
Volume | 59 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 127 |
Keywords | Demographics, Event History/Life Cycle, Health Conditions and Status, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction |
Abstract | Event history analyses and difference-in-proportions tests are used to analyze 1994-2003 data from the Health and Retirement Survey. For young-old metropolitan adults who had never retired, self-rated health (SRH) was unrelated to the odds of becoming a migrant, but for those who had retired, better SRH raised the odds. Neither SRH nor its interwave change was related to the risk of a nonmetro or metro destination. Metro-metro and metro-nonmetro migrants were indistinguishable in their recalled reasons for migration. The implications of the findings for theory and future research are discussed. |
Endnote Keywords | DEMOGRAPHY/NET MIGRATION/retirement planning/Self assessed health/Migration/event history |
Endnote ID | 69330 |
Citation Key | 7898 |