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KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Nige..., 2016 - 2017
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WLD_2016_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)
Collection(s)
Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Dec 11, 2017
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Data file: 2016_knomad_ilo_mcs

KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys: 2016 Compiled Dataset

Cases: 2454
Variables: 636

Variables

financing_4
How did you finance the costs to go to %current_country1% for the job?:Employer
financing_5
How did you finance the costs to go to %current_country1% for the job?:Extended
financing_88
How did you finance the costs to go to %current_country1% for the job?:Others
financing_other
Please specify others.
N_Relation
Are you % Mr/Ms (Relative)% of migrant worker (name of migrant worker)?
Receipt
Did %name% receive a receipt for the payments from the Recruitment Agency?
Actual_Amt
Did the receipt received show the actual amount %name% paid to the Recruitment A
Salary_Monthly
According to contract, how much is your monthly salary ?
Salary_MonthlyUSD2016
2016 constant USD equivalent of Salary_Monthly
currency_Salary_Monthly
What is the currency?
Remittance
How much do you plan to send money home per month?
RemittanceUSD2016
2016 constant USD equivalent of Remittance
currency_Remittance
What is the currency?
datasource
name of the survey
id
Id
int_date
interview date
origin_country
name of the origin country
destination_country
name of the destination country
corridor
name of bilateral corridor
sumcostUSD2016
sum of itemized costs in 2016 constant USD
tot_borrowUSD2016
Total amount borrowed in 2016 constant USD
mthinc_priorUSD2016
estimated monthly home earnings prior to migrating in 2016 constant USD
mthinc_arvUSD2016
Monthly estimated foreign earnings at arrival in constant USD
mthinc_arv_less_taxUSD2016
Monthly estimated foreign earnings minus witholdings at arrival in constant USD
mthinc_contract_arvUSD2016
Monthly estimated foreign earnings at arrival expected based on contract in cons
mthincUSD2016
estimated current monthly foreign earnings in 2016 constant USD
mthinc_less_taxUSD2016
Current estimated monthly foreign earnings minus witholdings in constant USD
mthremitUSD2016
estimated monthly remittance during the year of work abroad in 2016 constant USD
rci
recruitment cost indicator (RCI): recruitment costs paid as a multiple of monthl
mci
migration cost indicator (MCI): migration costs paid as a multiple of monthly fo
loan_to_totexp
what proportion of total migration/recruitment costs does the loan represent?
loan_to_arvinc
total amount borrowed as a multiple of monthly foreign earnings on arrival
loan_to_contract_arvinc
total amount borrowed as a multiple of expected monthly foreign earnings
remit_to_income
what proportion of the monthly foreign income is remitted home?
forinc_to_homeinc
monthly foreign earnings as a multiple of home earnings earned prior to migratin
prom_mthincUSD2016
estimated monthly foreign promised income in 2016 constant USD
Total: 636
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