Returning home? Migration to birthplace among migrants after age 55

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Lundholm, Emma ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counter urbanisation; Later life migration; Return migration; Rural population development

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNTERURBANIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RETIREMENT; RETURN MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84055199137     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.645     Document Type: Article

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