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Return Migration and Disability by Life Course Stage of Return

Evidence Against the Salmon Bias

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ID12440913
AuthorsMara Getz Sheftel (0000-0003-1899-8764, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania , USA, corresponding author)
EditorsZoya Gubernskaya (0000-0002-3381-6589, (Social Sciences Section))
Year2023
Volume79
Issue3
Publication date2023-11-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journals of Gerontology Series B (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1079-5014 • E-ISSN: 1758-5368
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/geronb/gbad171
PMID38035756
OpenAlexW4389244894
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

These findings are noteworthy because they stand in opposition to hypotheses based on life course and health-selective return migration theories and because they mean that Mexican immigrants remaining in the United States into midlife and older adulthood may be vulnerable to heightened prevalence of disability

Developmental psychology · Disadvantage · Geography · Health and Retirement Study · Immigration · Life course approach · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Demography · Gerontology

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year3
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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