| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Florida has the largest in-migrants of the elderly in the United States. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the elderly select their places of living in Florida. After analyzing the origin-destination of the elderly to Florida, the author found that most in-migrants of elderly people to Florida came from the Northeast and Midwest 1. Questionnaire survey was conducted in Sun City Center in the Tampa-St. Petersburg Metropolitan area in 2005. The results showed that the reasons for their selection of home were as follows in order of importance : 1)mild climate, 2)life style in Florida, 3)low crime rate and safety, 4)low living cost, 5)close to relatives, 6)value of real estate, 7)housing related, 8)surrounding scenery, 9)health related, 10)close to churches.
Interviews with some residents in Sun City Center indicated that they came from Northeast and Midwest after selling or renting their homes there, for mild climate in Florida. They live on social security, pension, investment and saving. Elderly people who moved in Florida were not necessary rich but average people. They purchased their homes which was available by their income. They enjoy their living in Florida, doing such outdoor activities as playing golf, tennis, and shuffleboard, swimming, fishing, walking, and doing indoor activities as woodwork, aerobics, patchwork, weight training, handcraft and miniature of railroad. They also use computer rooms and library. They are satisfied with the environment and nearby medical facilities available to them. They are actively involved with volunteer activities such as patrolling in the communities and serving as drivers, nurses, doctors of emergency squad of the communities. They all are satisfied with their living, enjoying life style in Florida and meeting with different people.
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