Why The Indonesian Elderly Move?

摘要

The study of residential change in later life has become important issues in aging problems during recent years in Indonesia. Many studies indicate that Elders tend to stay than move; hence this is an interesting issue to identify why they move at later life, and what factors determining their movements. This study examines the mobility decision of Indonesian elders as they stay or move and identifies major socioeconomic and demographic factors driving the residential mobility decisions. This study is expected can provide a contextual understanding of aging in place or aging in neighborhood among elders in Indonesia. Using Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2007 and 2014 data, the research followed the members of households aged 60 years from 2007 to 2014, and identified their activities in the context of mobility. As a longitudinal data, IFLS 2007 and 2014 provide comprehensive information on household member characteristics before and after their movements. The inferential statistics of binary logistic regression is used as a method of analysis. The study results show that in general, the elders tend to stay than move at their residents. Socio-demographic factors such as working status, presence of living children, status of household members, and their educations are significantly determine the decision to move or to stay. Other factors such as gender and health status also indicate same direction although have less significant impacts.