Afrobarometer Survey 2016-2018, Merged Round 7 Data (34 Countries)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Th, 2016 - 2018
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Reference ID
AFR_2019_AFB-MR7_v01_M
Producer(s)
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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Jan 16, 2021
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Q70. Most important reason for emigrating (Q70)
Data file: r7_merged_data_34ctry.release.sav
Overview
Valid:
45823
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1084
End:
1087
Width:
4
Range:
-1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 68 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Find work | 7360 |
16.1%
|
| 2 | Economic hardship | 3679 |
8%
|
| 3 | Lower taxes at destination | 67 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Poverty | 1177 |
2.6%
|
| 5 | Poor infrastructure/ services | 103 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Better business prospects | 768 |
1.7%
|
| 7 | Natural Disasters | 24 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Better democratic environment | 248 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Political persecution | 85 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | Religious persecution | 54 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Civil war | 107 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Crime | 150 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Better schools | 141 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | Better medical services | 114 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | To pursue an education | 965 |
2.1%
|
| 16 | To accompany family members who are moving for work | 145 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | To join spouse/ family members who have already migrated | 333 |
0.7%
|
| 18 | Travel/tourism/adventure/experience other cultures | 800 |
1.7%
|
| 9995 | Other | 241 |
0.5%
|
| 9997 | Not applicable | 28963 |
63.2%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 57 |
0.1%
|
| 9999 | Don’t know | 174 |
0.4%
|
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.