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Migration Household Survey 2009

Kenya, 2009
University of Nairobi
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Primary reason for the last migration (q7_5)

Data file: section7

Overview

Valid: 68
Invalid: 2
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 3
Range: 1 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was the primary reason why (NAME) left the household in the last migration episode?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 education 15
22.1%
2 search for work 16
23.5%
3 job transfer/job opportunity 15
22.1%
4 civil conflict/ war 0
0%
5 marriage arrangement 4
5.9%
6 divorce/marriage dissolution 0
0%
7 death of spouse or partner 1
1.5%
8 family problems 1
1.5%
9 moved to join other family members 9
13.2%
10 return to original or previous home 4
5.9%
11 do not own agricultural land to work here / don’t have enoug 2
2.9%
12 poor quality of land or depleted soils 0
0%
13 health problems 1
1.5%
14 drought 0
0%
15 political factors 0
0%
16 other (specify) 0
0%
777 n\a 0
0%
888 dk 0
0%
999 missing 0
0%
Sysmiss 2
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
var_qstn_ivuinstr
Q7.2 to 7.14 are identical in wording to questions asked in Section 5. For each question, it is important to record the responses for each and every “return migrant.”
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