Migration Household Survey 2009
Kenya, 2009
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Primary reason for the last migration (q7_5)
Data file: section7
Overview
Valid:
68
Invalid:
2
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
20
End:
22
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the primary reason why (NAME) left the household in the last migration episode?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | education |
| 2 | search for work |
| 3 | job transfer/job opportunity |
| 4 | civil conflict/ war |
| 5 | marriage arrangement |
| 6 | divorce/marriage dissolution |
| 7 | death of spouse or partner |
| 8 | family problems |
| 9 | moved to join other family members |
| 10 | return to original or previous home |
| 11 | do not own agricultural land to work here / don’t have enoug |
| 12 | poor quality of land or depleted soils |
| 13 | health problems |
| 14 | drought |
| 15 | political factors |
| 16 | other (specify) |
| 777 | n\a |
| 888 | dk |
| 999 | missing |
| Sysmiss |
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
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.”