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The 2000 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 2000
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THA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Reason for moving (TH2000A_MIGREAS)

Data file: THA2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 230
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TH00A426 TH00A427 TH00A428 TH00A429">Migration<br />[Questions were asked of respondents with codes 0-5 in L24]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH00A429">L27. Reason for moving<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Looking for job<br />[] 2 Job transfer<br />[] 3 To study<br />[] 4 Following persons in household<br />[] 5 Return home<br />[] 6 Moved residence<br />[] 7 Moved to institutional household<br />[] 8 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Looking for work
02 Job related reason
03 To study
04 Following persons in household
05 Return home
06 Change of residence
07 Moved to institutional household
08 Others
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for moving to the current place of residence.
Universe
Thailand 2000: Persons who have lived for less than 5 years in current residence [dicrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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