Exploring the Climate Temperature Effects on Settlement Intentions of Older Migrants: Evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: 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) rela

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9028836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature