Lifestyle migration for retirement: intentions and influencing factors among adults aged 45 and older in China—a scoping review.
Background and Objectives As an emerging retirement model, lifestyle migration is garnering growing interest among China's middle-aged and older adults. However, existing research on the factors influencing willingness to engage in this form of migration remains fragmented and lacks a comprehensive...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 66; no. 7; pp. 1 - 16 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195281422&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195281422 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00169013 GET jtl: Gerontologist issn: 00169013 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 66 iid: 7 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195281422 10.1093/geront/gnag093 ppf: 1 ppct: 15 formats: tig: atl: Lifestyle migration for retirement: intentions and influencing factors among adults aged 45 and older in China—a scoping review. aug: au: Liu, Yanyi Yan, Hong Huang, Yanjun Pu, Chuan Wang, Fei affil: School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China School of Nursing,Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China School of Mechatronics and Vehicle Engineering,Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China Office of Science and Technology ,Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China su: China Lifestyles Retirement Family relations Rural conditions Metropolitan areas Social support Medical information storage & retrieval systems Research funding CINAHL database Descriptive statistics Relocation Systematic reviews MEDLINE Thematic analysis Intention Conceptual structures Online information services Retirement planning sug: subj: Lifestyles Retirement Family relations Rural conditions Metropolitan areas Social support China Investment Advice Other Individual and Family Services Medical information storage & retrieval systems Research funding CINAHL database Descriptive statistics Relocation Systematic reviews MEDLINE Thematic analysis Intention Conceptual structures Online information services Retirement planning keyword: adult aged aging china copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag093 Individuals aged 45 and above Influencing factors inLanguage:en internship and residency life style publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42082399/ Scope review social support travel Willingness to relocate for retirement adult aged aging china copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag093 Individuals aged 45 and above Influencing factors inLanguage:en internship and residency life style publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42082399/ Scope review social support travel Willingness to relocate for retirement ab: Background and Objectives As an emerging retirement model, lifestyle migration is garnering growing interest among China's middle-aged and older adults. However, existing research on the factors influencing willingness to engage in this form of migration remains fragmented and lacks a comprehensive synthesis. Research Design and Methods Following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a systematic search was conducted across CNKI, Wanfang, CQVIP, NSSD, Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL Complete databases (from inception to 2026.03). The Population-Concept-Context (PCC) framework guided the inclusion and exclusion criteria, encompassing all studies on retirement relocation intentions and influencing factors among Chinese adults aged 45 and older. Two researchers independently screened the literature and extracted data, with findings synthesized through thematic analysis. Results 26 documents were included (25 Chinese, 1 English), published between 2014 and 2026, covering 16 Chinese provinces, municipalities, or autonomous regions. Most used cross-sectional designs and focused on urban residents (total sample = 9,452). Willingness rates ranged from 17.6% to 89.08%. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs was the most widely applied theory. Influencing factors fell into 5 categories: individual characteristics, family and social support, objective conditions of the destination, psychological and behavioral intentions, and institutional and structural constraints. Discussion and Implications Existing studies preliminarily uncover the multidimensional mechanisms of travel-based retirement willingness but lack consistent measures and strong theoretical grounding. Future work should strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, develop localized theoretical models, and address the needs of rural, older adults, and vulnerable populations to advance an inclusive aging care system. 10.17605/OSF.IO/5SC2D pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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