Abstract:

Return migrants in Indonesia are considered as 'failed migrants' due to their lack of education and being young and a divorcee. This study aims to examine the differences between elderly return migrants and elderly non-return migrants in Indonesia, mainly from motivation and financial aspects. This study uses the results of Indonesian Intercensal Population Survey 2015 (SUPAS 2015). The binary logistic regression was employed to investigate the relationship between background characteristics and types of migration with motivation and financial aspects. The results of the study show that the odds of being elderly return migrants is higher among men and those who lived alone, were a household head, were low educated, were interprovinces migrants, and came from metropolitan cities. Meanwhile, elderly migrants with the financial source from children/families transfers were more likely to be non-return migrants. Therefore, elderly non-return migrants in Indonesia can be classified as migration with kinship/assistance motivation.