Volume 8, Number 1 (Winter) 1973
Thomas, George. 1973. "Regional Migration Patterns and Poverty Among the Aged in the South." Journal of Human Resources 8(1):73-84.
Data from the 1967 portion of the 1966-67 Survey of Economic Opportunity have been aggregated for the South to illuminate current economic conditions among the region's elderly population. Race, age (65-74 and 75 +), sex, and regional migration patterns were utilized to isolate the heaviest concentrations of the aged poor. Results indicate that poverty is concentrated among blacks, females, those over age 75, and those born and still residing in rural areas. A comparison of the results with 1960 and preliminary 1970 Census data suggests that the region's indigenous aged population may be no better off now that in 1960. An apparent regional decline in poverty among the aged during the 1960s is probably attributable to the substantial in-migration of well-fixed white retirees.
The author is an Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Regional Institute of Social Welfare Research, School of Social Work, University of Georgia. The research was supported by grant number 10P56015/403 from the Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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