Marden Barbosa de Campos

Considerações teóricas sobre as migrações de idosos

Contrary to the literature in developing countries, there is a lack of studies on elderly migration in Brazil, where the need for such studies stem from the ageing process faced by its population. This paper provides insights about the adequacy of the international literature on elderly migration (based on countries at advanced stages in the demographic transition) to the Brazilian case. We argue that elderly migration is mostly explained by specific characteristics of individual life cycles at later ages such as retirement and search for family support and reunion. Using data from population censuses, we show that these factors are also relevant in the Brazilian case, but other aspects related to the retirement system and family support are also powerful to explain elderly migration in Brazil. We found two main groups of elderly migrants in Brazil: one with better health and income conditions composed by individuals who migrate without relevant need for family or institutional support; and another group composed by individuals with poorer health and financial conditions who migrate to places where some support is available. We finally analyze the policy implications of these different types of elderly migration.

Ciclo de vida, estrutura domiciliar e migração no início do século XXI: o caso da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo

Internal migration has been changing considerably in recent decades in Brazil. Nowadays, large metropolises are the main areas of articulation of the population’s spatial mobility in the territory, given the volume of individuals that go to them and, at the same time, depart from them. The objective of this article is to analyze characteristics of the internal migrants who went to the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region based on data from the 2010 Demographic Census. The results show a strong relationship between life cycle, household structure and socio-demographic attributes of migrants. We believe that the region’s advanced level of urbanization has led to the exacerbation of migratory selectivity in relation to the migrants’ individual attributes and support networks, configuring their residence patterns at their destination.

Consideraciones teóricas sobre las migraciones de adultos mayores

Contrary to the literature in developing countries, there is a lack of studies on elderly migration in Brazil, where the need for such studies stem from the ageing process faced by its population. This paper provides insights about the adequacy of the international literature on elderly migration (based on countries at advanced stages in the demographic transition) to the Brazilian case. We argue that elderly migration is mostly explained by specific characteristics of individual life cycles at later ages such as retirement and search for family support and reunion. Using data from population censuses, we show that these factors are also relevant in the Brazilian case, but other aspects related to the retirement system and family support are also powerful to explain elderly migration in Brazil. We found two main groups of elderly migrants in Brazil: one with better health and income conditions composed by individuals who migrate without relevant need for family or institutional support; and another group composed by individuals with poorer health and financial conditions who migrate to places where some support is available. We finally analyze the policy implications of these different types of elderly migration.

Theoretical perspectives on elderly migration

Contrary to the literature in developing countries, there is a lack of studies on elderly migration in Brazil, where the need for such studies stem from the ageing process faced by its population. This paper provides insights about the adequacy of the international literature on elderly migration (based on countries at advanced stages in the demographic transition) to the Brazilian case. We argue that elderly migration is mostly explained by specific characteristics of individual life cycles at later ages such as retirement and search for family support and reunion. Using data from population censuses, we show that these factors are also relevant in the Brazilian case, but other aspects related to the retirement system and family support are also powerful to explain elderly migration in Brazil. We found two main groups of elderly migrants in Brazil: one with better health and income conditions composed by individuals who migrate without relevant need for family or institutional support; and another group composed by individuals with poorer health and financial conditions who migrate to places where some support is available. We finally analyze the policy implications of these different types of elderly migration.