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General Population Census of Cambodia, 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Cambodia, 2009
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KHM_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, IPUMS
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Reason for migration (KH2008A_MIGREAS)

Data file: KHM2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 232
End: 233
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="KH08A412">12. Reason for migration<br /><div class="i1">[Question 12 is asked of persons who ever lived outside the village where they are currently residing, as per question 10]<br /><br />Give the reason for the change of residence, if the present residence is different from the previous residence.<br /><br />[] 1 Transfer of work place<br />[] 2 In search of employment<br />[] 3 Education<br />[] 4 Marriage<br />[] 5 Family moved<br />[] 6 Natural calamities or insecurity<br />[] 7 Repatriation or return after displacement<br />[] 8 Visiting only<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Transfer of work place
02 Search employment
03 Education
04 Marriage
05 Family moved
06 Lost land or house
07 Natural calamities
08 Insecurity
09 Repatriation
10 Orphaned
11 Visiting
12 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for change of residence or migration.
Universe
Cambodia 2008: Persons who ever lived outside their present residence [discrepancies: none]

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