Migration Household Survey 2009

South Africa, 2009

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Reference ID

ZAF_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

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Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

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Mar 23, 2011

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Main source of funding for moving to current location 2 (Q9_11B)

Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9

Overview

Valid: 20

Invalid: 7630

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1106

End: 1107

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the main source of funding of your migration?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Sale of home
2	Sale of land
3	Sale of other assets
4	Savings of himself/ herself
5	Savings of household
6	Assistance from family members there in sending country
7	Assistance from family members here
8	Loan from relative
9	Loan from friend
10	Loan from bank
11	Loan from private recruitment agency
12	Assistance from government
13	Assistance from NGOs
14	Loan from informal sources / money lenders
15	Other (specify)
16	None
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

Q9.11-Q9.14 ask if the respondent sent money or goods in the past 12 months for a particular purpose, what the purposes were for sending money, whether the person must repay the money and whether the money or goods enabled anyone in the household to achieve a given level of education.

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