Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify how residential mobility affects families with elderly people and their living conditions.
1) The residential mobility of families with elderly people were classified into four types, A to D. Seen from the pattern of mobility, the typical were Type A who moved into and lived in Nagoya City, Types A and B who moved out to the city's suburbs, and Type C who moved into and lived in Nagoya City.
2) The small families with elderly people, whose residential life was unstable, had an increasing tendency of moving into the city. Many of the families with elderly people including small ones were separated from Type C by moving.
3) The moving factors as well as the living standards after moving were basically different by moving patterns. The reasons for moving into the city were diversified, and the improvement of their housing conditions were not easy. The main reasons for moving out of the city include their intention to live with the elderly people and their wish to improve their housing conditions, while, on the other hand, the reasons for moving into the city include marriage and convenience.
4) The large number of families wish to settle down in the city, but possibility seemed little for most of them. Those who had moved out of the city would have stayed if conditions had been met. It should be noted that not many of those who had moved out intended to return to the city while Type C families intended to do so.
