Moving the Nest: A Look at the Effects of Family and Work Status Change in Later Mid-Life

TitleMoving the Nest: A Look at the Effects of Family and Work Status Change in Later Mid-Life
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1998
AuthorsBures, RM
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago - Population Research Center
Call Numberwp_1998/Bures_Nest.pdf
KeywordsAdult children, Demographics, Employment and Labor Force, Health Conditions and Status, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction
Abstract

Using data from the first two Waves of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), this research examines the relationship between migration, family change, and work status change in later mid-life. The results suggest that both family and work status change have significant effects on mobility in later mid-life. The findings for work status change appear consistent with theories of labor force migration: Individuals who worked full-time at both waves were significantly less likely to move long distances than nearly every other group. Departure from the labor force increased the likelihood that an individual experienced a move, either locally and interstate. Changes in the number of adult children resident in a household are found to have strong and significant effects on mobility in later mid-life. Adult children returning home are positively associated with both local and interstate moves. Children leaving home have an even greater impact on mobility. A previously unreported finding is that adult children leaving home have a significant positive effect on long-distance mobility. These findings extend the migration literature by seeking to explain mobility and migration in the context of family and work change over the life course.

URLhttp://www.src.uchicago.edu/prc/publications20thc.php 1998
Endnote Keywords

Wages/Retirement/Health/Migration/Family

Endnote ID

10302

Citation Key5377