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Grand Census 2013 of Population, Housing, Agruculture, Livestock, and Farming - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2013
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SEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, IPUMS
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Reason for moving (SN2013A_MIGREAS)

Data file: SEN2013_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 374
End: 375
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">B. Individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Population aged 5 years or older</span>
<br />[Questions B13 through B14 were asked only to persons age 5 years and older.]</p>

<p>B14. Reason for moving</p>
<div class="i1">If the current place of residence is different from the previous place of residence, enter the code corresponding to the reason for the move according to the instructions noted at the bottom of the page. This question only concerns move within the previous 5 years<br />[] 1 if the change of residence is due to conflicts;<br />[] 2 if the change of residence is due to a flood or disaster;<br />[] 3 if the reasons are purely professional;<br />[] 4 if the change is related to a job search;<br />[] 5 if the change of residence is based on studies or an apprenticeship;<br />[] 6 if the change of residence is due to family reasons;<br />[] 7 if the change of residence is due health issues;<br />[] 8 if the change of residence is due to religious or social reasons;<br />[] 9 if the change of residence is due to a reason other than those mentioned above.</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Conflict
02 Flood or disaster
03 Professional (work)
04 Job search
05 Studies or an apprenticeship
06 Family reasons
07 Health issues
08 Religious or social reasons
09 Other reasons
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="h3">4.2. Part B: individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">B14: reason for moving</span>
<br />This question concerns persons aged 5 years and over, for whom the current residence differs from that of 5 years ago. If the place of residence declared to question B13 is different from that of the respondent at the time of the interview, then enter the code corresponding to the reason for the change of location (or country):
<br /><span class="pg">[p. 38]</span><div class="i1">''1'', if the change of residence is due to armed conflict (wars);<br />''2'', if the change of residence is due to a flood or disaster situation;<br />''3'', if the reasons are purely professional;<br />''4'', if the change related to a job search;<br />''5'', if the change of residence is based on studies or any form of learning;<br />''6'', if the change of residence is due to family reasons;<br />''7'', if the change of residence is related to health issues;<br />''8'', if the change of residence is related to religious or social reasons; <br />and ''9'', if the change of residence is for a reason other than those mentioned above.</div><span class="ital">NB: </span>On the PDA, you will choose the answer on a drop-down list.
<br /><span class="ital">Attention: </span>This is the reason why the person surveyed left their home environment 5 years ago to settle in his current residence.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for moving from the previous place of residence.
Universe
Senegal 2013: Residents age 5+ in ordinary households who moved within the last 5 years [universe unverifiable]

concept

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