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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for migration (NP2011A_STAYREAS)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal Information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[18] What is the main reason for staying in this district of [the respondent]?</span><div class="i1">[For respondents who have moved to this district at some point in their lives.] <br />[] 1 Agriculture<br />[] 2 Business<br />[] 3 Service<br />[] 4 Study<br />[] 5 Marriage<br />[] 6 Dependent<br />[] 7 Conflict<br />[] 8 Others ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Agriculture
02 Business
03 Employment
04 Study
05 Marriage
06 Dependent
07 Conflict
08 Others
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Migration [columns 16-19]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Column 18: what is the main reason that [the respondent] is living in this district?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Agriculture<br />[] 2 Business / trade<br />[] 3 Job / employment<br />[] 4 Study<br />[] 5 Marriage<br />[] 6 Dependent <br />[] 7 Conflict<br />[] 8 Other</div><p>This question is asked of only persons not born in this district, i.e. born in another district or country. No one leaves his or her birthplace without any reason. Hence, with the belief that nobody migrates without any reason, this question should be ask. There could be many reasons to leave the usual birthplace (another district or another country) and come to this district for living, these reasons have been divided here into 8 reasons. If a person migrates for agriculture, circle the reference 1, if for business, circle the reference 2, if for employment, circle the reference 3, if for study, circle the reference 4, if due to marriage, circle the reference 5, if any member of a family has migrated and others are dependent (e.g. children, wife, husband) to this person and migrated here, circle reference 6, if a person has been displaced due to conflict (political, ethnic, etc.) and come here to live, circle reference 7, and besides all these above stated, if a person has been migrated here due to any other reasons, circle the reference 8 and specify the reason (e.g. refugee, getting cheap land). </p>

<p>Some families might have migrated to various districts one after another, leaving his usual birthplace. In that situation, whatever the main reason to leave his or her birthplace, write the main reason to leave.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the individual's reason for migration.
Universe
Nepal 2011: Persons born in a different district or country [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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