ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the contrasting migration experience of older men and older women in contemporary Britain, with occasional references both to the past and to other affluent nations. It has two main sections; the first reviews aggregate migration differentials in the British population with special reference to men and women at different stages of later life and in different marital statuses and housing situations; and the second considers gender differentials in the migration process, specifically in the motivations for moves, the constraints and opportunities to move, the immediate consequences of moves, and their long-term implications. The focus is on migrations into general or community housing and not into institutions.
