Migration Household Survey 2009

Kenya, 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

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University of Nairobi

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

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Primary reason for migrant living outside HH (q5_6)

Data file: section5

Overview

Valid: 2236

Invalid: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 55

End: 57

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the primary reason why (NAME) is currently living outside your household?

Categories

Value	Category
1	education
2	search for work
3	job transfer/job opportunity
4	civil conflict/ war
5	marriage arrangement
6	divorce/marriage dissolution
7	death of spouse or partner
8	family problems
9	moved to join other family members
10	return to original or previous home
11	do not own agricultural land to work here / don’t have enoug
12	poor quality of land or depleted soils
13	health problems
14	drought
15	political factors
16	won green card
777	n\a
888	dk
999	missing
Sysmiss

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

Q5.6 collects information on the PRIMARY reason why each former household member is currently living outside of the household. In this question list only ONE reason why each person is currently living outside of the household.

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