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Geographic Mobility and Aging in Place

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International Handbook of Population Aging

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Because the popular press has had a long-term interest in the phenomenon of retirement migration, the small proportion of older persons who make long-distance moves has gotten a great deal of public attention. This state of affairs is unfortunate because mobility is richer and much more varied than the popular notion of it suggests and the explanations of mobility that have motivated research on this topic are complex and interesting.

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Bradley, D.E., Longino , C.F. (2009). Geographic Mobility and Aging in Place. In: Uhlenberg, P. (eds) International Handbook of Population Aging. International Handbooks of Population, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8356-3_14

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