Afrobarometer Survey 2018, Round 7
Ghana, 2018
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Reference ID
GHA_2018_AFB-R7_v01_M
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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)
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Q70. Most important reason for emigrating (Q70)
Data file: gha_r7_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
902
End:
905
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If answer to Q68A was “A little bit,”, “Somewhat,” “A lot,” or “Don’t know,” ask:
Literal question
70. There are several reasons why people leave their home to live in another country for an extended period of time. What about you. What is the most important reason why you would consider moving from Ghana?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Find work | 522 |
21.8%
|
| 2 | Economic hardship | 207 |
8.6%
|
| 3 | Lower taxes at destination | 1 |
0%
|
| 4 | Poverty | 25 |
1%
|
| 5 | Poor infrastructure/ services | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Better business prospects | 76 |
3.2%
|
| 7 | Natural Disasters | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Better democratic environment | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Political persecution | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Religious persecution | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Civil war | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Crime | 1 |
0%
|
| 13 | Better schools | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 14 | Better medical services | 1 |
0%
|
| 15 | To pursue an education | 65 |
2.7%
|
| 16 | To accompany family members who are moving for work | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | To join spouse/ family members who have already migrated | 11 |
0.5%
|
| 18 | Travel/tourism/adventure/experience other cultures | 52 |
2.2%
|
| 9995 | Other | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 9997 | Not applicable | 1389 |
57.9%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 9999 | Don’t know | 16 |
0.7%
|
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.