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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Person provided information on current location and/or job 5 (Q9_10E)

Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9

Overview

Valid: 3

Invalid: 7647

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1070

End: 1071

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who provided information on where to go and/or how to find work for (NAME)'s migration?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Family/relatives within your country/town
2	Family/relatives living in the destination country
3	Friends within the country
4	Friends living in the destination country
5	Previous personal experience
6	Neighbors
7	TV
8	Radio
9	Newspaper
10	Magazine or book
11	Internet
12	Wall posters/advertisement
13	Private employment agent / recruitment agency
14	Government employment agency
15	Return migrants
16	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.

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