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

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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)

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Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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What was the primary reason why you went to %current_country% (reason)

Data file: 2016_knomad_ilo_mcs

Overview

Valid: 1617

Invalid: 837

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 88

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 42

End: 43

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What was the primary reason why you went to %current_country%

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	To earn higher income	913	56.5%
2	Because of no-job opportunities in home country	303	18.7%
3	Because of unexpected medical bills and other bills	5	0.3%
4	Because of conflicts/ political instability in home country	111	6.9%
5	Because of drought and other natural disasters	1	0.1%
6	Because of family problems	188	11.6%
88	Others	96	5.9%
Sysmiss		837

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.

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