International Journal of Local Economic Governance


Internal Migration of The Elderly in Indonesia: Internal and External Factors

Yana Raudhatul Jannah (Brawijaya University)
Khusnul Ashar (Unknown)
M Pudjihardjo (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Oct 2021

Abstract

This study analyzed the factors affecting the propensity internal migration of Indonesian elderly based on age classification of the elderly, i.e., young elderly, middle elderly, or old elderly. It used multinomial logit model that explored the affect of interaction between internal and external factors on elderly migration. This model was chosen beacuse the dependent variable had polichotomous scale, nominal or ordinal scale with more than two categories. The estimation results indicated the migration propensity of the elderly affected to internal factors, i.e., gender, health, education, employment status, and presence spouse. Meanwhile, external factors, that is, social protection does not affect to the elderly migration. Furthermore, the young women elderly migrants with good health and education background, still working, and lives with their spouse would have a higher propensity to migrate. Instead, these results differed for middle and old elderly migrants.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJLEG

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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