El comportamiento residencial de los mayores

Análisis biográfico de la movilidad en la vejez

Abstract

In the present-day ageing societies, residential conduct of the elderly is acquiring increasing
importance. Explored in this article are the causal relationships between prior migratory biography
and the residential guidelines adopted after reaching the age of 55, using Event History Analysis.
The results show that the place of birth marks the subsequent migratory trajectory of the individuals
involved, and can even come to effect residential conduct in old age. The existence of previous
migrations, residence habitat, as well as the duration of the sedentary period also exert a
considerable influence on the decision for mobility in old age. Lastly, it is shown that reduction in
mobility among the most recent generations of elderly people is an effect resulting from their
previous migratory biography. Migratory trajectories protagonized by individuals during their
young and adult life show themselves to be more decisive in respect of residential conduct in old
age than circumstances relating to the moment. For this reason, possible changes in the migratory
biographies of the younger generations could also turn into changes in levels of mobility in old age,
irrespective of the circumstances of the moment. In this respect we can observe gender differences,
in which women are more vulnerable than men when faced with historical circumstances.