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Exploring the Climate Temperature Effects on Settlement Intentions of Older Migrants: Evidence from China
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Wang, Hongjie Gao, Xiaolu Xu, Zening Li, Yuan Zhang, Xinyue Rosenberg, Mark W. |
Copyright Year | 2022 |
Description | Permanent migration across provinces in China has become an important strategy for Chinese older people to respond to a temperature-unfriendly place of residence in late life. However, the relation between temperature effects and permanent settlements of older migrants remains unclear. Based on the data obtained from China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this paper examined how four temperature effects (i.e., cold effect, heat effect, temperature gap effect, and temperature zone effect) play a role in shaping older migrants’ intentions to settle permanently in a destination place by conducting logistic regression analysis. Our findings show that: (1) extreme cold (rather than extreme heat or mild temperature) was found to have significant effects on settlement intentions of older people; (2) relative winter temperature between origin and destination places rather than absolute winter temperature in the destination place has a significant positive effect on the settlement intentions; (3) spatially, older migrants tend to migrate to geographically adjacent temperature zones. Our findings will inform a more effective planning and allocation of services for supporting older people by better understanding trends and intentions of older migrants. |
Starting Page | 4896 |
e-ISSN | 16604601 |
DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19084896 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Issue Number | 8 |
Volume Number | 19 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2022-04-18 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Mathematical Social Sciences Temperature Older Migrants Settlement Intention Permanent Migration |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |