Migration Household Survey 2009
South Africa, 2009
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Primary reason for leaving the last location (Q9_7)
Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9
Overview
Valid:
1268
Invalid:
6382
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
949
End:
950
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the primary reason why you left (PLACE)?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Education |
| 2 | Search for work |
| 3 | Job transfer/job opportunity |
| 4 | Unemployed |
| 5 | Civil conflict/ war |
| 6 | Marriage arrangement |
| 7 | Divorce/marriage dissolution |
| 8 | Death of spouse or partner |
| 9 | Family problems |
| 10 | Moved to join other family members |
| 11 | Return to original or previous home |
| 12 | Poorer living conditions here |
| 13 | Do not own agricultural land to work here / don’t have enough land |
| 14 | Poor quality of land or depleted soils |
| 15 | Poor health conditions (environment) there |
| 16 | To seek medical attention |
| 17 | Drought |
| 18 | Flood |
| 19 | Earthquake |
| 20 | Cyclone / storm |
| 21 | Other (specify) |
| Sysmiss |
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
Q9.3-Q0.10 ask if the respondent sent money or goods to those persons in the past 12 months, how it was sent, how many times, if sent on a regular basis, if it was the same amount each time, the value of what was sent in the past 12 months, in which month was the most amount sent, and whether it was in response to war or a natural disaster.