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Determinants of Elderly Residential Mobility: How Well Do the Elderly Adjust to Housing Problems?

University of Cincinnati

Multiple regression analysis is applied to the longitudinal Annual Housing Survey data set for the 1974 to 1977 period to identify differences between the mobility decisions of elderly and younger families. In contrast to what has been suggested by the literature, the elderly were just as likely to move in response to severe housing and neighborhood problems as were younger families There were, however, differences in the determinants of mobility between the two age groups Whereas age, suburban location, and living in an older home led to mobility among the elderly, the same factors promoted staying among the younger The policy implications of these differences are discussed

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