Migration among the elderly, the Stockholm case

This article on migration among elderly in the Stockholm area discusses the subject with four research question in mind. It is shown that migration frequencies are higher in the agegroup around 65, which is the formal retirement age in Sweden, and that the flow is going from Stockholm to less populated areas and small towns. Some former immigrants to the area will migrate back to the regions where they grew up and spent their formative years. To a larger extent pensioners will migrate to regions depicted as attractive, which in this context means regions with idyllicly built-up areas, nice climate and low crime rates. Four out of five pensioners who moved out of the county, opted for «idyllic» towns as destinations. Finally it is shown that spatial mobility among pensioners has not increased over the last century. In general migration rates were somewhat higher a century ago with the exception of the rates for native bom Stockholmers