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Elderly Migration In Canada And The United States

Apocolyptic Demography is occurring and is visible in today's developed societies. Ongoing advances in health technology have led to a continuous increase in life expectancy, currently 77 and 82 for males and females respectively (2004 World Population Data Sheet). Furthermore, by enduring the last stage of the Demographic Transition we are experiencing low rates of fertility and mortality, which have led our nation to become an aging society. Population aging causes some place characteristics to grow in importance, while others decline in importance (Graves and Linneman 1979). The goal of this paper is to understand where seniors in Canada and the United States migrate to after retirement, and what factors accompany this decision-making process. The trends presented will parallel the Lifecourse Model introduced by Rossi in 1955 which states that residential mobility often arises in response to particular lifecourse events – specifically, retirement will be the focus here.......


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