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Vol. 9 No. 34 (2018): January-June, 2018

Retirement Migrants in Spain: Multilocal Lifestyles and Integration Patterns

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17428/rmi.v9i34.422
Published
2018-01-17

Abstract

Analysing multilocality as a specific integration pattern among retirement migrants is the aim of the paper. The study shows how the search for quality of life leads retirees to make use of different properties, placed either in origin and/or destination countries. The results of quantitative and qualitative research point out that the property in the origin country is a key factor to explain migrant's lifestyle and their social integration in Spain. Furtheremore, the multilocal behaviour is not equally distributed among the retirees, as it is conditioned by some migrants' socio-demographic features such as nationality or household income. 

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Keywords

  • retirement migration
  • multilocality
  • lifestyle
  • social integration
  • Spain

How to Cite

RODES GARCÍA, J., & RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ, V. (2018). <strong>Retirement Migrants in Spain: Multilocal Lifestyles and Integration Patterns</strong>. Migraciones Internacionales, 9(34), 193–222. https://doi.org/10.17428/rmi.v9i34.422
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