Connected Life Courses: Influences on and Experiences of 'Midlife' In-Migration to Rural Areas

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-257

  Stockdale, Aileen ^a   Macleod, Marsaili ^b   Philip, Lorna ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood memories; Identity and belonging; Midlife migration; Northern Ireland; Retirement transition; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875803485     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1709     Document Type: Article

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