MIGRATION AS A PATHWAY TO KINLESSNESS AMONG OLDER ADULTS LEFT BEHIND
Amilcar Matos-Moreno, Alexis Santos-Lozada, Mara Sheftel, Ashton Verdery · 2023
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Amilcar Matos-Moreno, Alexis Santos-Lozada, Mara Sheftel, and Ashton Verdery asked in 2023 how migration can leave older adults with no kin to lean on. A kinless elder has no living spouse and no living children past age fifty. Past counts put that share at two to ten percent in most lands. The team used matched aging surveys from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, and the United States.
Puerto Rico showed the top rate, at more than eight percent. When grown children who had moved away were counted as out of reach, rates jumped most in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Kinless elders in Puerto Rico also showed more low mood. The team says counts that ignore migration miss a real path to lone old age.
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| CREATOR | Amilcar Matos-Moreno, Alexis Santos-Lozada, Mara Sheftel, Ashton Verdery |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |