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Population_Dynamics_and_Urbanization_in_Africa

UPHD - Migration and Employment History for Pre-Selected Individuals Aged 12 and plus

KENYA, 2006 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)
African Population & Health Research Center
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Specific Reason for leaving residence prior to DSA (v404o1)

Data file: MIGRATION HISTORY

Overview

vald 17865
invd 0
Interval discrete

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the most important reason why you left this place?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 4
100%
ALL HIS PROPERTY WERE SOLD 1
ASKED BY LANDLORD TO LEAVE 1
BOUTH A PLOT IN NAIROBI 1
BUSINESS WENT DOWN THERE 1
CALLED FOR A JOB 1
CAME CLOSE TO HUSBAND 1
CAME TO BUY HER OWN HOUSE/STRUCTURE 1
CAME TO HELP HUSBAND IN BUSINESS 1
CAME TO JOIN RELATIVES 1
CAME TO LIVE WITH FATHER 1
CAME TO LIVE WITH PARENTS 1
CAME TO LIVE WITH SISTER 2
CAME TO STAY WITH THE AUNT 1
CAME TO STAY WITH THE HUSBAND 1
CAME TO VISIT RELATIVE 1
CAME TO VISIT SISTER 1
CAME WITH PARENTS 1
COME AND STAY WITH AUNT 1
COME CLOSE TO RELATIVES 1
COME TO STAY WITH UNCLE 1
COME TO VISIT AUNTY 1
COME TO VISIT BROTHER 1
COST OF LIVING WAS TOO HIGH 1
COST OF TRANSPORT WAS TOO HIGH 1
DID NOT FIND A BETTER VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL 1
DISAGREED WITH MATERNAL RELATIVES 2
DIVORCED AND WANTED INDEPENDENCE 1
EVICTED 1
FAMILY REASONS 1
FATHER LOST JOB IN RUARAKA 1
FATHER WAS STAYING HERE,CAME TO JOIN HIM 1
FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE 1
GIVEN A LAND TO BUILD ON 1
GOT A JOB TRANSFER 2
GOT A PIECE OF LAND HERE IN KOROGOCHO 1
GOT A SCHOOL TRANSFER 1
GOT A TRANSFER 1
GOT APLOT IN KOROGOCHO 1
GOT APLOT IN NAIROBI KOROGOCHO 1
GOT JOB TRANSFER 4
GOT TRANSFERRED TO LEARN ELSEWHERE 1
GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY AND NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF ME 1
GRANDPARENTS (GUARDIANS) PASSED AWAY 2
HAD NO LAND TO STAY 1
HARRASSEMENT FROMPEOPLE SHE WAS LIVING WITH 1
HE BECAME SICK AND THATS WHY HE MIGRATED 1
HE BOUGHT A LAND HERE 1
HE BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND 1
HE BOUGHT LAND HERE 1
HE CAME TO LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS 2
HE CAME TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES 1
HE CAME TO STAY WITH HIS PARENTS 1
HE CAME TO VISIT HIS COUSIN 1
HE CHANGED HIS JOB 1
HE GOT A HOUSE HERE IN KOROGOCHO 1
HE GOT A JOB IN NAIROBI 3
HE GOT A JOB TRANSFER 1
HE GOT A LAND TO BUILD ON 1
HE GOT TRANSFER FROM ELDORET 1
HE LEFT ON A JOB TRANSFER 1
HE LEFT TO COME AND LIVE WITH HIS BROTHER 1
HE USED TO SPEND ALOT OF MONEY ON BUS FARE TO HIS WORK PLACE 1
HE WAS ASKED TO MOVE BY HIS PARENTS TO COME AND JOIN HER SISTER 1
HE WAS GETTING POOR PAY WHERE HE WAS WORKING 1
HE WAS GIVEN A PIECE OF LAND HERE IN KOROGOCHO 1
HE WAS TRANSFERED TO NAIROBI BY HIS EMPLOYER 1
HER BROTHER WANTED TO STAY WITH HER 1
HER BUSINESS WAS RUNNING AT ALOSS 1
HER HUSBAND BOUGHT 1
HER HUSBAND LOST JOB SO THEY MOVED 1
HER MOTHER DIED 1
HER MOTHER HAD MOVED TO BUY LAND HERE 1
HER MOTHER RETIRED AND SHE COULDN'T LIVE IN THE RAILWAYS HOUSES 1
HER MOTHER WANTED HER TO STAY IN KOROGOCHO 1
HER SISTER ASKED HER TO COME AND LIVE WITH HER 1
HIS SCHOOL WAS PERFORMING POORLY IN EXAMS 1
HUNGER STRIKE 1
HUSBAND DIED AND HAD NO ONE TO DEPEND ON 1
HUSBAND DIED AND SHIFTED TO NAIROBI TO STAY WITH SISTER 1
HUSBAND LOST JOB 1
HUSBAND SOLD THE LAND 1
HUSBAND WAS TRANSFERED 1
I CAME TO JOIN MY FAMILY 1
I CAME TO JOIN MY HUSBAND AT NAIROBI 1
I GOT A CASUAL JOB IN NAIROBI AND LEFT 1
I GOT A JOB AWAY FROM THERE 1
I GOT A LAND ON WHICH I BUILT ON 1
I GOT LAND ON KOROGOCHO ON WHICH I BUILT ON 1
I WANTED TO JOIN MY SPOUSE 1
I WANTED TO JOIN SPOUSE 2
I WANTED TO VISIT MY UNCLE 3
INORDER TO STAY WITH MOTHER IN NAIROBI 1
INSECURITY 1
IT WAS A PROBLEM CONNECTING TO WHERE THE WORK IS 1
IT WAS TOO FAR FROM SCHOOL 1
ITS VERY FAR FROM OTHER RELATIVES 1
JOB ENDED 1
JOIN FAMILY 1
JOIN HUSBAND 2
JOIN MY PARENTS 1
JOIN PARENT IN NAIROBI 1
JOIN RELATIVE 1
JOIN SISTER 1
JOIN THE HUSBAND 1
JOINED HIS FAMILY MEMBERS 1
JOINED HUSBAND 1
JOINED THE HUSBAND 2
JUST FOR A BUSINESS CHANGE 1
LACJK OF JOB OF MY CHOICE 1
LACK OF FEE 1
LACK OF FOOD DUE TO FAMINE 1
LACK OF PERSON TO TAKE CARE OF HIM 1
LACK OF PROPER JOBS 1
LANDLORD AND TENANT CONFLICT 1
LEFT SCHOOL DUE TO LACK OF SCHOOL FEES 1
LEFT TO JOIN HIS RELATIVES IN THE CITY 1
LEFT TO JOIN HUSBAND 1
LEFT TO JOIN POLYTECHNIC 1
LEFT TO JOIN THEIR MOTHER 1
LEFT TO LIVE WITH HUSBAND 1
LEFT TO LOOK FOR A JOB 6
LEFT TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT 1
LEFT TO SCHOOL HERE 1
LEFT TO STAY AT HIS OWN PLOT 1
LEFT TO STAY WITH HER SISTER 1
LEFT TO STAY WITH HUSBAND 4
LEFT TO STUDY HERE 3
LEFT TO VISIT HUSBAND 1
LIFE WAS HARD 1
LIKES IT HERE IN VIWANDANI (LIVED HERE BEFORE 1
LIVE WITH PARENTS 3
LOST A SON IN NAIROBI, CAME FOR THE BURIAL AND ENDED UP LIVING IN NAIROBI 1
LOST THE BREAD WINNER IN MANDERA 2
LOW PAYING JOBS 1
MIGRATED WITH THE FAMILY 1
MISSING 1531
MOTHER DIED 1
MOVED BY THE GOVERMENT 1
MOVED BY THE GOVERNMENT 1
MOVED CLOSER TO HIS BUSINESS PREMISES 1
MOVED TO JOIN HER HUSBAND 1
MOVED TO JOIN RELATIVE 1
MOVED TO STAY WITH HER RELATIVES 1
MOVED TO STAY WITH SISTER 1
MOVED WITH PARENTS 2
MOVED WITH THE PARENTS 2
MY BUSINESS WAS NOT DOING WELL 1
MY FIRST HUISBAND DIED AND HAD NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF ME 1
MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK ME TO STAY WITH HER 1
MY HOST BECAME A WATED DRUNKARD AND I LEFT 1
NO MOSQUE AROUND WHERE WE USED TO STAY 2
NOT APPLICABLE 16019
OFFICIAL DUTIES JOB TRANSFER 1
PARENTS DIED 3
PARENTS DIED AN SO JOINED SISTER 1
PARENTS DIED AND NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM 1
PARENTS DIED SO CAME TO LIVE WITH THE BROTHER SO THAT HE COULD TAKE CARE OF HER 1
PARENTS DIED SO MOVED WITH GRANDMA 1
POVERTY 6
QUARELLED WITH WHITE FARMERS/EMPLOYERS AND RAN AWAY 1
RENT RELATED PROBLEMS EG EXPENSIVE 1
SHE CAME TO LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND 1
SHE DID NOT GET A VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO JOIN 1
SHE GOT A LAND IN KOROGOCHO 1
SHE GOT LAND IN KOROGOCHO 1
SHE GOT MARRIED 1
SHE LEFT TO COME AND CONTINUE WITH SCHOOL HERE 1
SHE LEFT TO COME AND LIVE WITH HER GRANDMOTHER 1
SHE LEFT TO COME AND LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND 1
SHE WAS GIVEN A PIECE OF LAND TO BUILD ON 1
SHE WAS INVITED BY HER HUSBAND 1
SHE WAS TIRED OF PAYING RENT SO DECIDED TO MOVE TO LOOK FOR A PLOT TO BUY 1
SHR GOT A PIECE OF LAND 1
STANDARD OF LIVING WAS TOO HIGH 1
STAY/ JOIN HUSBAND IN NAIROBI 1
THE BROTHER MARRIED AND COULD NOT SHARE THE SAME ROOM WITH THEM 1
THE HOTEL BUSINESS I HAD WENT BANKRUPT 1
THE HOUSE HE LIVED IN BURNT DOWN 1
THE JOB GOT FINISHED 1
THE MOTHER DIED THEREFORE HE HAD TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES 1
THE PERSON HE LEFT IN THE HOUSE SOLD EVERYTHING HE HAD 1
THEY BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND 1
TIO JOIN PARENTS 1
TO ASSIST BROTHER IN RUNNING HIS BUSINESS IN NAIROBI 1
TO COME AND BEG 1
TO COME AND JOIN RELATIVES 1
TO COME AND STAY WITH FATHER 1
TO COME AND STAY WITH MOTEHR 1
TO COME AND STAY WITH RELATIVES 1
TO CONTINUE WITH SCHOOL HERE 1
TO FAR FROM RELATIVES 1
TO GAIN FREEDOM FROM FRIEND'S HOUSE 1
TO JOIN FAMILY 1
TO JOIN FAMILY MEMBERS 1
TO JOIN HER HUSBAND 1
TO JOIN HUSBAND 4
TO JOIN HUSBAND IN NAIROBI 2
TO JOIN MOTHER 2
TO JOIN MY MOTHER 1
TO JOIN PARENTS 1
TO JOIN RELATIVES 1
TO JOIN RELATIVES (SON) 1
TO JOIN THE HUSBAND 1
TO LIVE NEAR BROTHERS 1
TO LIVE WITH COUSIN 1
TO LIVE WITH HUSBAND 2
TO LIVE WITH SISTER 1
TO LIVE WITH THE PARENTS 1
TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT 2
TO LOOK FOR EMPOLYMENT 1
TO LOOK FOR HIS OWN HOUSE 1
TO PAY A VISIT TO HIS NEPHEW'S FAMILY 1
TO REJOIN HUSBAND 1
TO SETTLE AT HIS OWN RESINDENCE 1
TO STAY CLOSE TO FAMILY 1
TO STAY NEAR RELATIVES 1
TO STAY WITH BROTHER 1
TO STAY WITH CHILDREN 1
TO STAY WITH HUSBAND IN NAIROBI 1
TO STAY WITH PARENTS 1
TO STAY WITH SISTER 2
TO STAY WITH THE BROTHER 1
TO STAY WITH THE PARENTS 1
TO TAKE CARE OF HER BROTHERS' KIDS 1
TO TAY WITH HER CHILDERN BECAUSE SHE IS TOO OLD 1
TO VISIT BROTHER 1
TO VISIT FAMILY 1
TO VISIT FATHER 1
TO VISIT HUSBAND 1
TO VISIT MOTHER 2
TO VISIT RELATIVES 1
TO VISIT SISTER 3
TO VISIT THE HUSBAND 1
TRANFERED 1
TRANSFERED 1
TRANSFERED TO NAIROBI 1
TRANSFERED TO NAIROBI SCHOOL BY PARENTS 1
TRANSFERRED BY JOB 1
UNEMPLOYMENT 2
VISIT FAMILY 1
VISIT FAMILY/RELATIVES 1
VISIT HUSBAND 1
VISIT RELATIVES 4
VISIT THE FAMILY 1
WANTED TO CHANGE WORK FROM FARMING 1
WANTED TO HAVE HER OWN HOME 1
WANTED TO JOIN MOTHER IN NAIROBI 1
WANTED TO JOIN MY RELATIVES 1
WANTED TO STAY IN VIWANDANI 1
WANTED TO STAY WITH AUNT 1
WANTED TO VISIT AUNT 1
WAS ALLOCATED LAND AND BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE TO CUT RENT COSTS 1
WAS CALLED BY HIS BROTHER TO SELL IN HIS SHOP 1
WAS CALLED FOR A JOB 3
WAS IN SCHOOL BUT SHIFTED TO SCHOOL IN NAIROBI 1
WAS LIVING WITH A COUSIN AND DID NOT WANT WRANGLES 1
WAS SICK AND TAKEN TO THIKA BY MY DAD FOR TRADITIONAL TREATMENT 1
WAS TAKEN BY RELATIVES 1
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.
Question pretext
Now I would like to ask you about the places you have ever lived for at least three months during the last ten years. Please do your best to recall the places where you lived, how long you stayed in each place, and the most important reason why you moved. If duration is one year or less record in months, otherwise record in years
Question post text
Codesheet A4

Description

Text
Other specified reason for leaving previous place before moving to Viwandani/Korogocho
Universe
Eligible Individuals Aged 12 and above during the period, 2006 - 2010 who accepted to participate in the study, excluding those who have lived in Korogocho/Viwandani since birth. Their reason for leaving the residence prior to Korogocho/Viwandani is not listed in code sheet A.
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