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“Mi Familia Quiere Que Regrese”: Retired Latiné Immigrants’ Families’ Expectations to Return to Their Country of Origin

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Article

Publication Date

4-2024

Abstract

We conducted a quantitative, interdisciplinary study that investigated how financial concerns and varying family connections influence the retirement choices of Latiné immigrants in terms of returning to their country of origin. We hypothesized that being worried about one's finances for retirement, and having strong transnational ties, would lead to familial expectations to return to one's country of origin. Through data collected from a survey through Qualtrics, we found that higher levels of financial worry significantly affected greater familial expectations to return to their country of origin. The transnational ties that influenced the families’ expectations to return to their country of origin was having children, friends, and family not residing in the U.S. Following our findings, we discuss potential future directions and implications relating to transnational ties, remittances, and older Latiné immigrants.

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© The Author(s) 2023. https://journals.sagepub.com/share/WQ6RHJ7YJJQUGAKSDHKW?target=10.1177/00914150231194237

Publication Title

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150231194237

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