Migration Household Survey 2009

South Africa, 2009

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Reference ID

ZAF_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

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Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

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Sep 30, 2011

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Decision maker for moving to current location (Q9_9)

Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9

Overview

Valid: 1257

Invalid: 6393

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 98

Mean: 2.888

Standard deviation: 8.261

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 1044

End: 1045

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who made the decision to move?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Self
2	Spouse
3	Child/children
4	Parents
5	Entire family
6	Other relatives
7	Work unit
8	Government and/or NGO
9	Friends at destination
98	Other (specify)

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.

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