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Haas, William H., III; Serow, William J. – Gerontologist, 1993
Developed heuristic model of retirement migration process and explored model using survey data from 586 migrants to western North Carolina. Investigated five distinct groups. Findings suggest that, before people start to seriously consider or plan for retirement move, they have remote or distant visions of retired life in more attractive…
Descriptors: Demography, Migration Patterns, Models, Relocation

Frey, William H. – Gerontologist, 1995
Examines how 1990 state elderly populations have been affected by "new elderly births" (a state's population, ages 55-59 in 1985, which survived to ages 60-64 in 1990) as well as by migration components. During the 1985-90 period, elderly births exerted a greater impact than migration on elderly gains and demographic composition for all…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Asian Americans, Blacks, Demography