Migration Household Survey 2009

South Africa, 2009

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Reference ID

ZAF_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

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Mar 23, 2011

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Primary reason for moving to current location 4 (Q9_8D)

Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9

Overview

Valid: 25

Invalid: 7625

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 994

End: 995

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What were the primary reasons the current place was chosen?

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)
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

Q9.3-Q0.10 ask if the respondent sent money or goods to those persons in the past 12 months, how it was sent, how many times, if sent on a regular basis, if it was the same amount each time, the value of what was sent in the past 12 months, in which month was the most amount sent, and whether it was in response to war or a natural disaster.

Question post text

(Tick all that apply)

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