ArticleAgeing and society2019
The reasons older immigrants in the United States of America report for returning to Mexico.
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- Weather deviations linked to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Migration and mental health problems of older adults: Challenges and proposed solutions.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2024Article
- Return Migration and Disability by Life Course Stage of Return: Evidence Against the Salmon Bias.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- US migration history and depressive symptoms among older mexican adults.Salud publica de Mexico · 2023Article
- Immigrant Wealth Stratification and Return Migration: The Case of Mexican Immigrants in the United States During the Twentieth Century.Demography · 2023Article
- Adapting Andersen's expanded behavioral model of health services use to include older adults receiving long-term services and supports.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
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Mexicans are the largest immigrant group in the United States and are ageing rapidly. Data support that many return to Mexico due to economic factors such as employment. Few studies have investigated if older immigrants return to Mexico for different reasons than younger immigrants. Using the Mexican Health and Aging Study (N=952), we examine whether Mexican immigrants in the United States who returned to Mexico at age 50 and older report different reasons for returning than those who returned at younger ages. Few immigrants (regardless of age) returned to Mexico for economic reasons. The most commonly reported reason for returning to Mexico for both groups was missing family. However, the odds of listing illness over missing family as their main reason for returning were higher for older immigrants than younger immigrants after controlling for duration in the United States and other sociodemographic factors (OR=0.27; 95% CI=0.11, 0.68). These results challenge existing theories of international migration which focus on employment considerations.
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