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

CSV JSON

Reason for leaving place of birth (v513)

Data file: MIGRATION HISTORY

Overview

vald 17865

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 11 - 106

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the most important reason why you left (NAME OF PLACE OF BIRTH)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	11. Family/friend left	75	0.4%
12	12. Got married	1510	8.5%
13	13. Moved with family/relatives	2285	12.8%
14	14. Divorced/widowed/separated	33	0.2%
15	15. Independence from family	26	0.1%
16	16. Other family related	1284	7.2%
21	21. Insecurity (unsafe)	13	0.1%
26	26. Other security related	1	0%
31	31. Poor housing	2	0%
32	32. Poor amenities (e.g. toilet/baths/water access/electricity)	0	0%
33	33. Room/house was small	0	0%
34	34. Structure/room damaged/renovated/demolished	1	0%
35	35. Noisy/crowded	0	0%
36	36. Other housing related	2	0%
37	37. Eviction/demolition notice by KPLC	0	0%
41	41. Lost job there	61	0.3%
42	42. Poor job prospects	6937	38.8%
43	43. Poor location for business	161	0.9%
44	44. Too far from place of work	25	0.1%
45	45. No land for farming	10	0.1%
46	46. Other job related	210	1.2%
47	47. To cultivate, plant, harvest (farming)	6	0%
51	51. Can not afford rent/rent too high	8	0%
52	52. Food/groceries costly	2	0%
53	53. High health costs	1	0%
54	54. Independence/Can now afford	2	0%
56	56. Other cost related	8	0%
61	61. Poor health services	12	0.1%
62	62. Dirty environment	0	0%
66	66. Other health related	4	0%
71	71. Inaccessible/far from road or main path	0	0%
72	72. Toilet too far	0	0%
73	73. Water too far	0	0%
76	76. Other distance related	3	0%
81	81. To join school	393	2.2%
82	82. To join college/vocational training	227	1.3%
83	83. Completed school	155	0.9%
84	84. Completed college	4	0%
86	86. Other education related	54	0.3%
91	91. Just for a change	60	0.3%
92	92. Asked by landlord to move	0	0%
95	95. Missing	14	0.1%
96	96. Other	41	0.2%
97	97. Refusal	0	0%
98	98. Don't know	11	0.1%
99	99. Not applicable	4154	23.3%
101	101. Argued with family/friend	23	0.1%
102	102. Civil conflict	22	0.1%
103	103. Evicted	14	0.1%
106	106. Other conflict related	11	0.1%

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 post text

Codesheet A4

Description

Text

Reason for leaving place of birth

Universe

Eligible Individuals Aged 12 and above during the period, 2006 - 2010 who accepted to participate in the study, excluding those who were born and always lived in Nairobi.