A Push - Pull Framework for Modelling the Relocation of Retirees to a Retirement Village

The Australian Experience

Bibliographic Data

ID4141973
AuthorsRobert J Stimson (The University of Queensland), Rod Mccrea (0000-0003-0066-6577, The University of Queensland)
Year2004
Volume36
Issue8
Pages1451-1470
Publication date2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a36206
OpenAlexW1974574522
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited32

Although most older people prefer to age in place, nonetheless many do relocate, with a small proportion moving to retirement villages, which provide a purpose designed and built residential and lifestyle environment. Using factor analyses, path analyses, and a push - pull framework, the authors model the decision process of retirees in Australia in order to identify relationships between push - pull factors and predictor variables, using data from a national survey of retirement village residents. The push factors relate to change in lifestyle, home maintenance, social isolation, and health and mobility, whereas the pull factors relate to built environment and affordability, the locational attributes of villages, and the desire to maintain an existing lifestyle. The survey data also identify village attributes considered desirable or undesirable, or important or unimportant. Overall, resident satisfaction with moving is high

Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Relocation · Survey data collection · Computer Science · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability · Finance

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