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    Home / Central Data Catalog / POPULATION_DYNAMICS_AND_URBANIZATION_IN_AFRICA / APHRC-UPHD-MIGRATIONS-2006-1.4 / variable [F1]
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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Reason for coming to NAIROBI the 1st time (v509)

Data file: MIGRATION HISTORY

Overview

vald 17865
invd 0
Interval discrete
Decimal 0
Range 11 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the most important reason why you came to live in Nairobi the first time?
Categories
Value Category Cases
11 11. To join family/relatives 69
0.4%
12 12. Got married/Join spouse 57
0.3%
13 13. Moved with family/relatives 86
0.5%
14 14. Live near family/relatives 9
0.1%
16 16. Other family related 53
0.3%
21 21. Safer here 1
0%
22 22. Good hideout 1
0%
26 26. Other security related 1
0%
31 31. Better housing 0
0%
32 32. Better amenities (e.g. toilet/baths/water access/electricity) 0
0%
33 33. Room/house is big 0
0%
34 34. The only available/vacant room 0
0%
35 35. Less crowded/noisy 0
0%
36 36. Other housing related 0
0%
41 41. Got job here/close to place of work 27
0.2%
42 42. Better job prospects here/look for a job 339
1.9%
43 43. Better location for business 13
0.1%
46 46. Other job related 11
0.1%
51 51. Rent is cheap 0
0%
52 52. Food/groceries cheap 0
0%
53 53. Affordable health costs 0
0%
54 54. Independence/can now afford 0
0%
56 56. Other cost related 0
0%
61 61. Good health services 1
0%
62 62. Cleaner environment 0
0%
66 66. Other health related 2
0%
71 71. More accessible/closer to road 0
0%
72 72. Closer to toilet 0
0%
73 73. Closer to water 0
0%
76 76. Other distance related 0
0%
81 81. To join school 28
0.2%
82 82. To join college/vocational training 23
0.1%
86 86. Other education related 8
0%
91 91. Just for a change 4
0%
92 92. Asked by landlord to move to location 0
0%
95 95. Missing 2
0%
96 96. Other 2
0%
97 97. Refusal 0
0%
98 98. Don't know 0
0%
99 99. Not applicable 17128
95.9%
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 post text
Codesheet A3

Description

Text
Reason why Individual came to live in Nairobi for the first time
Universe
Eligible Individuals Aged 12 and above during the period, 2006 - 2010 who accepted to participate in the study, and whose current stay in Nairobi was not their first stay, and excluding those born in Nairobi, regardless of whether or not they have continuously lived in Nairobi since birth.
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