Migration Household Survey 2009

Kenya, 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

University of Nairobi

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

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Primary reason for the last migration (q7_5)

Data file: section7

Overview

Valid: 68

Invalid: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 20

End: 22

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the primary reason why (NAME) left the household in the last migration episode?

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	other (specify)
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

Q7.2 to 7.14 are identical in wording to questions asked in Section 5. For each question, it is important to record the responses for each and every “return migrant.”

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