Regional Migration Patterns and Poverty among the Aged in the South

George Thomas

Journal of Human Resources, 1973, vol. 8, issue 1, 73-84

Abstract: Data from the 1967 portion of the 1966-67 Survey of Economic Opportunity have been aggregated for the South to illuminate current economic conditions among the region's elderly population. Race, age (65-74 and 75+), sex, and regional migration patterns were utilized to isolate the heaviest concentrations of the aged poor. Results indicate that poverty is concentrated among blacks, females, those over age 75, and those born and still residing in rural areas. A comparison of the results with 1960 and preliminary 1970 Census data suggests that the region's indigenous aged population may be no better off now than in 1960. An apparent regional decline in poverty among the aged during the 1960s is probably attributable to the substantial in-migration of well-fixed white retirees.

Date: 1973
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/144636
A subscription is required to access pdf files. Pay per article is available.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:8:y:1973:i:1:p:73-84

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Human Resources from University of Wisconsin Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().