Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset
Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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Main reason for migrating to village/city of interview (H_MIGRANTWHY)
Data file: PAK2017-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
196
End:
197
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
24) What was the primary reason for (NAME) to move to this village/city?
BETTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 1
MARRIAGE 2
ACCOMPANY FAMILY 3
STUDY 4
TRANSFERRED ON JOB 5
ESCAPE FROM VIOLENCE/NATURAL DISASTER 6
OTHER REASONS 7
DON'T KNOW 8
BETTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 1
MARRIAGE 2
ACCOMPANY FAMILY 3
STUDY 4
TRANSFERRED ON JOB 5
ESCAPE FROM VIOLENCE/NATURAL DISASTER 6
OTHER REASONS 7
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 95 | Other reason |
| 10 | Economic reasons |
| 11 | Better economic opportunities |
| 12 | Accumulate savings |
| 13 | Transferred |
| 14 | Schooling |
| 15 | Better infrastructure |
| 20 | Family reasons |
| 21 | Accompanied family |
| 22 | Join family |
| 23 | Marriage |
| 24 | Since childhood |
| 25 | Birth of postpartum |
| 30 | Escape danger |
| 31 | Escape drought or flood |
| 32 | Escape war or violence |
| 33 | Escape other natural disaster |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 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.
Description
Definition
For usual household members born outside the household interview location, MIGRANTWHY reports the main reason why they moved to their current location (village or city).
Rationales are grouped into broad categories sharing a common first digit: Economic, familial, escape (from some sort of natural/local disaster), and other. More detailed rationales (e.g., escape from flood/drought versus escape from violence) are distinguished in the second digit.
Rationales are grouped into broad categories sharing a common first digit: Economic, familial, escape (from some sort of natural/local disaster), and other. More detailed rationales (e.g., escape from flood/drought versus escape from violence) are distinguished in the second digit.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |