Part 1 Elderly migration: introduction, Anthony M. Warnes; micro-level considerations in the study of geographic mobility in old age, Charles F. Longino, Jr; age-related variation and temporal change in elderly migration, Anthony M. Warnes. Part 2 Elderly migration, proximity of children, and living arrangements: introduction, Alden Speare, Jr; the relation of migration and household change among elderly persons, Alden Speare, Jr and James McNally; proximity of children and elderly migration, Rebecca Clark and Douglas A. Wolf; trends in living alone among the elderly in Europe, Fred C. Pampel. Part 3 Elderly metropolitan redistribution patterns: introduction, William H. Frey; the suburbanization of the American elderly, Stephen M. Golant; the metropolitan aging transition and metropolitan redistribution of the elderly in Italy, Alberto Bonaguidi and Valerio T. Abrami; metropolitan redistribution of the US elderly - 1960-70, 1970-80, 1980-90, William Frey. Part 4 The elderly mobility transition - three case studies: introduction, Philip Rees; elderly migration and population redistribution in Japan, Atsushi Otomo; elderly migration and population redistribution in the United States, Andrei Rogers; migration and population redistribution the United Kingdom, Philip Rees. Conclusion, Andrei Rogers.