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    Home / Central Data Catalog / POPULATION_DYNAMICS_AND_URBANIZATION_IN_AFRICA / APHRC-UPHD-MIGRATIONS-2006-1.4 / variable [V49]
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 (v504)

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?
Categories
Value Category Cases
11 11. To join family/relatives 1042
5.8%
12 12. Got married/Join spouse 1446
8.1%
13 13. Moved with family/relatives 2142
12%
14 14. Live near family/relatives 132
0.7%
16 16. Other family related 346
1.9%
21 21. Safer here 33
0.2%
22 22. Good hideout 0
0%
26 26. Other security related 6
0%
31 31. Better housing 1
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 1
0%
35 35. Less crowded/noisy 0
0%
36 36. Other housing related 3
0%
41 41. Got job here/close to place of work 257
1.4%
42 42. Better job prospects here/look for a job 7190
40.2%
43 43. Better location for business 230
1.3%
46 46. Other job related 152
0.9%
51 51. Rent is cheap 6
0%
52 52. Food/groceries cheap 0
0%
53 53. Affordable health costs 1
0%
54 54. Independence/can now afford 2
0%
56 56. Other cost related 5
0%
61 61. Good health services 24
0.1%
62 62. Cleaner environment 0
0%
66 66. Other health related 6
0%
71 71. More accessible/closer to road 1
0%
72 72. Closer to toilet 0
0%
73 73. Closer to water 0
0%
76 76. Other distance related 1
0%
81 81. To join school 287
1.6%
82 82. To join college/vocational training 219
1.2%
86 86. Other education related 54
0.3%
91 91. Just for a change 64
0.4%
92 92. Asked by landlord to move to location 1
0%
95 95. Missing 3
0%
96 96. Other 52
0.3%
97 97. Refusal 1
0%
98 98. Don't know 3
0%
99 99. Not applicable 4154
23.3%
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
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.
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