A majority of elderly migration/residential mobility studies to date have been cross-sectional and atheoretical, and have not considered the effects of cohort or period, but only that of age. In this study the 1940-1980 U.S. Census public use sample micro data files are used in performing cohort and multiple-period analyses. Hypotheses are developed specifying the expected relationships of determinants of elderly long-distance migration and elderly local mobility derived from the literature and introduced by the author, and levels of interstate migration and local mobility, and the expected effect of more or less recent period-of-birth cohort membership on these relationships. The results of the tests of these hypotheses indicate that in addition to the effects of age, period, and cohort on migration/mobility levels per se, there are also marked differences in the effects of the independent variables when examined within different periods and within cohorts. The discussion points out the problems with generalizing from research using data from only one or two periods, and the need for research that takes into account factors underlying cohort and period differences in levels of different types of elderly mobility, as well as the importance of their interaction, if advances in theoretical development in this area are to be made. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2752. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75869 |
| Contributors | CARTER, JACK PRESTON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 118 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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