Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005

Bhutan, 2005

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Reference ID

BTN_2005_PHC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Office of the Census Commissioner

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Nov 14, 2011

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Reason for migration (q14ca)

Data file: pop_edu_labor_fer (both files provide cases)

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 79

End: 80

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

For persons of all ages
Reason for Migration

Literal question

Reason for change of residence

Categories

Value	Category
0	Never moved
1	Employment
2	Education
3	Training
4	Marriage
5	Family move
6	Transfer of work place
7	Resettlement
8	Natural calamities
9	Security
10	Health
11	Business/official tours
12	Retirement
13	Tourist
14	Visiting only
15	Others

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

The reasons for migration are coded and given at the bottom of the questionnaire. Use appropriate code. Remember that only the main reason for migration should be entered for each person.

In case of persons who did not change their place of residence since birth, enter code “00”.

For those members residing in a foreign country during the time of enumeration, his/her reason for migration will be the reason why he/she left for that country. As he/she is not present in the enumeration area, the question for reason for migration is not applicable for where the enumeration is being conduct.

Question post text

Enter Code from list below.

Description

Definition

Migration is the movement of people across a specific boundary for the purpose of establishing a new or semi permanent residence. Two types of migration are:

(i) International migration (migration between countries)
(ii) Internal migration (migration within a country).

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