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Census of Population and Housing of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Kyrgyzstan, 2009
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KGZ_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, IPUMS
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Reason for moving (KG2009A_WHYMOVED)

Data file: KGZ2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="KG09A427"><div class="i1">9.2 Reasons for residence change</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Economical<br />[] 2 Social<br />[] 3 Ecological (climatic)<br />[] 4 Other reasons</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Economic
2 Social
3 Environmental (climatic)
4 Other reasons
9 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
<svar v="KG09A424 KG09A425 KG09A426 KG09A427"><span class="em">Question 9. Place of residence </span><br />The enumerator is not to put question 9 to temporary residents or fill it in.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KG09A427"><span class="em">Subquestion 9.2. Reasons of relocation</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Code 1 </span>is to be encircled for persons who changed their permanent place of residence for economic reasons (work).<br /><span class="em">Code 2 </span>? for social (i.e. for family) reasons.<br /><span class="em">Code 3 </span>- for ecologic (climatic).reasons.<br /><span class="em">Code 4 </span>? for other reasons.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for moving.
Universe
Kyrgyzstan 2009: Persons who have not been in the same residence since birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

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