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Measuring Living Standards within Cities, Dar es Salaam 2014-2015

Tanzania, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
TZA_2014_DAR-LSMS_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/k5bm-4g51
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World Bank
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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 10, 2019
Last modified
Jan 30, 2020
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factors influencing decisions (s8_fctdecn)

Data file: s8_residhistory_share

Overview

Valid: 3169
Invalid: 1443
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 140
End: 142
Width: 3
Range: -96 - 18
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was the main factor that influenced your decision to move away from %rostertitle%?
Categories
Value Category Cases
-96 other 272
8.6%
1 evicted 33
1%
2 old enough to live on my own/become independent 939
29.6%
3 change in family circumstance (e.g. birth / death / marriage / divorce) 383
12.1%
4 wanted a larger house 229
7.2%
5 wanted a smaller house 6
0.2%
6 wanted a cheaper house 192
6.1%
7 wanted better building materials 35
1.1%
8 closer to work or school 126
4%
9 new job or school 322
10.2%
10 mandatory job posting (e.g. policeman/teacher) 72
2.3%
11 safer neighbourhood (less crime) 136
4.3%
12 better connected neighborhood (transportation) 32
1%
13 better/ nicer neighborhood 19
0.6%
14 opportunity to buy land 124
3.9%
15 better facilities at new location 119
3.8%
16 to be with my own tribe / ethnic group 13
0.4%
17 to move closer to family/ friends 95
3%
18 floods or other natural disasters 22
0.7%
Sysmiss 1443
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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