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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1988
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IND_1987_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Reason for leaving the last usual residence (IN1987A_MIGREASN)

Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 251
End: 252
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN87A473 IN87A474 IN87A475 IN87A476 IN87A477 IN87A479"><span class="em">For code 1 in question 14</span><br />[Questions 15-21 were asked of persons whose place of enumeration was different from last usual residence.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN87A476 IN87A477 IN87A479 IN87A480"><span class="h3">Usual activity at the time of migration</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN87A479">21. Reason for leaving the last usual residence:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 In search of employment<br />[] 2 In search of better employment (for persons who were employed at the place of origin prior to migration)<br />[] 3 Under transfer on service/business contract<br />[] 4 For pursuing studies<br />[] 5 On marriage<br />[] 6 Due to migration of parent(s)/earning member(s) of the family<br />[] 7 For political change/lack of security or social adjustment<br />[] 8 Due to natural calamity<br />[] 9 Due to other reasons</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 In search of employment
02 In search of better employment (for persons who were employed at the place of origin prior to migration)
03 Under transfer on service/business contract
04 For pursuing studies
05 On marriage
06 Due to migration of parent(s) earning member(s)
07 For political change/lack of security of social adjustment
08 Due to natural calamity
09 Due to other reason
98 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="IN87A479">5.6.15 <span class="em">Column (21): Reason for leaving the last usual residence</span>: The reason for moving out of the last usual residence will be ascertained for each migrant member and entered in terms of the specified codes in this column. It may so happen that a person had moved out of his last usual residence for a particular reason, stayed in a different village/town for a short period (less than 6 months; if this period is 6 months or more that place will become his last usual residence) and then moved to the place of enumeration (a village or town other than the previous one) for a different reason. In such a case only the reason which motivated his/her first movement will be recorded. The codes to be used for making entries in this column are:<br /><div class="i1">In search of employment......1<br /><br />In search of better employment (for persons who<br />Were employed at the place of origin prior to migration)...2<br /><br />Under transfer on service/business contract...3<br /><br />For pursuing studies......4<br /><br />On marriage.........5<br /><br />Due to migration of parent(s) earning member(s).....6<br /><br />For political change/lack of security of social adjustment.......7<br /><br />Due to natural calamity........8<br /><br />Due to other reason......9</div><br /><br />Note: Columns 15- 21 are to be filled up only for those reporting code 1 in column 14.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for leaving their last usual residence.
Universe
India 1987: Persons whose place of enumeration differs from their place of birth [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

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