Combining census and registration data to estimate detailed elderly migration flows in England and Wales

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Description/Abstract

An algorithm is developed to estimate detailed elderly migration flows by combining data
from the 2001 Census and National Health Services (NHS) patient register. After showing
that the Census and NHS migration flows can be reasonably combined, elderly migration
flows between groupings of local authority districts by age, sex, and health status for the
2000-2001 and 2003-2004 periods are estimated and then analysed to show how the patterns
have changed. By combining registration data with census data, we are able to provide recent
estimates of detailed elderly migration flows, which can be used for improvements in social
planning or policy.