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 choosing the last migration location (q7_6)

Data file: section7

Overview

Valid: 68

Invalid: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 25

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the main reason why (NAME) chose (PLACE)?

Categories

Value	Category
1	i knew people here
2	i had information about the place
3	i had a job offer there
4	better wages there
5	better job opportunities there
6	more/better land there
7	better quality of life there
8	better education opportunities there
9	better climate
10	better medical care
11	close to family, friend
12	cost of moving is low
13	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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