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The Gerontologist 41:96-102 (2001)
© 2001 The Gerontological Society of America

"Going Home" or "Leaving Home"? The Impact of Person and Place Ties on Anticipated Counterstream Migration

Eleanor Palo Stollera and Charles F. Longino, Jr.b

a Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
b Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC

Correspondence: Eleanor Palo Stoller, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-7124. E-mail: ups3{at}po.cwru.edu.

Decision Editor: Vernon L. Greene, PhD

Purpose: The probability of anticipated return migration in retirees is explored. Design and Methods: Survey data were analyzed from interviews with a sample of elderly European Americans who migrated to a metropolitan city on Florida's east coast following retirement. Results: Results are consistent with the specification of the 2nd move in E. Litwak and C. F. Longino 1987 life course model of retirement migration. Respondents were unlikely to anticipate a return move unless ties to the back home community made such a move possible. Implications: Ties with children, both back home and in Florida, significantly influence consideration of a return move.

Key Words: Retirement migration • Counterstream migration




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