Casado-Diaz, M.A., Kaiser, C. and Warnes, A.M. (2004) Northern European retired residents in nine southern European areas: characteristics, motivations and adjustment. Ageing and Society, 24 (3). pp. 353-381. ISSN 0144-686X
Abstract
During the last two decades, northern European retirement residence in the southern European sunbelt has grown strongly and its forms have rapidly changed, but standard demographic and social statistical sources provide no information about the flows, the migrants or their increasingly mobile and complex residential patterns. Considerable primary research has however recently been undertaken into the causes, conditions, experiences and consequences of international retirement migration (IRM) by investigators from Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Many collaborated when designing their studies and instruments, and all have subsequently worked together in a European Science Foundation Scientific Network.
This paper compares the findings of six systematic social surveys in (to be more precise than the title) eight regions of southern Europe and the Canary Islands: all that have tackled similar research questions with similar methods and instruments. It presents interpretations of several comparative tables compiled from their original data, with a focus on the socio-economic backgrounds, motivations and behaviour of the various migrant groups and their relationship with the host and home countries. The paper presents new findings about the typical and variant forms of IRM, and additional understanding of the heterogeneity of the retirees of different nations and in the several regions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2004 Cambridge University Press. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | retirement, international migration, Europe, lifestyle, mobility, residence |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Clinical Sciences Division North (Sheffield) > Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing The University of Sheffield > University of Sheffield Research Centres and Institutes > Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing |
Depositing User: | Repository Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2006 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2014 06:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X04001898 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0144686X04001898 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1516 |