Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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most important reason for moving here (wom_q105E)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4205

invd 28

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the above reasons is the most important for your moving to this particular slum community?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	better employment opportunity	187	4.4%
2	better housing	604	14.4%
3	got a job	191	4.5%
4	to join family	473	11.2%
5	got married	562	13.4%
6	rent is cheap	593	14.1%
7	community safe	163	3.9%
8	better social amenities	243	5.8%
9	other:better business prospects	17	0.4%
10	other:bought/built/inherited land/home	46	1.1%
11	other:close to work/school/business	59	1.4%
12	other:to be independent	12	0.3%
13	other:to seek medical treatment	0	0%
14	other:to join/continue schooling	43	1%
15	other:life is cheap	7	0.2%
16	other:slum is familiar environment	4	0.1%
17	other:first place they found a house	55	1.3%
92	other:no reason	0	0%
93	other:unspecified	0	0%
96	other	168	4%
98	other:don't know	7	0.2%
99	not applicable	626	14.9%
9999995	missing:impute	145	3.4%
Sysmiss		28

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

Question post text

GET CODE FROM 105D

Interviewer instructions

As in Q105B, this question asks about the reasons why the woman moved into the community where she is living at the time of interview i.e. the pull factors. Again select all responses mentioned and probe for further reasons. In Q105E, select the most important/main reason as was done in Q105C.

Description

Text

The most important reason for woman moving to study area

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who are usual residents according to hhd_q5