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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Reason for returning to HH (q7_12)

Data file: section7

Overview

Valid: 67

Invalid: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 40

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why did (NAME) return?

Categories

Value	Category
1	could not get residence there
2	could not get work permit there
3	work permit expired there
4	residence permit expired there
5	no intention to stay there longer
6	had accumulated enough money while living there
7	to take up temporary work here
8	temporary work there had come to an end for the season
9	got expelled from there
10	family reasons/problems here/there
11	missed family/partner/friends here
12	became sick
13	to pursue further studies
14	job transfer
15
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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