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    Home / Central Data Catalog / NUHDSS / APHRC-NUHDSS-INMIGRATION-V1.0 / variable [F1]
NUHDSS

NUHDSS-Inmigration Registration 2002-2015

KENYA, 2002 - 2015
Nairobi Urban Health & Demographic Surveillance System
African Population and Health Research Center
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CSV JSON

reason for inmigrating to Nairobi (img_inmignboreason)

Data file: In-migration_2002-2015

Overview

vald 165056
invd 0
Interval discrete
Decimal 0
Range 10 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the most important reason why you/(NAME) came to live in Nairobi?
Categories
Value Category Cases
10 to be with family/friend 52191
31.6%
11 other family:to attend burial/death of family member 0
0%
12 other family:to be in urban home 0
0%
13 other family:is visitor 0
0%
14 other family:married/to be with spouse 0
0%
15 other family:adopted 0
0%
16 other family:household member(s) all here 0
0%
20 security is better here 71
0%
21 other security:fewer arrests/lynchings 0
0%
22 other security:fewer demolitions/fires 0
0%
23 other insecurity:ideal after release from prison/rehabilitation 0
0%
24 other security:feels safer/familiar 0
0%
30 better housing conditions/amenities/environment 328
0.2%
31 other housing:bought/sold/built/free structure 0
0%
40 better job/business prospects 41856
25.4%
41 other job/business:to farm/look after homestead 0
0%
42 other job/business:retired/on leave 0
0%
43 other job/business:higher income levels 0
0%
44 other job/business:transferred/housed by employer 0
0%
50 low general cost of living 382
0.2%
51 rent is cheap/rooms available 190
0.1%
60 health services & environment are good 170
0.1%
63 was sick and needed medical/other care here 188
0.1%
64 pregnant female came here to deliver 23
0%
65 other health:fell ill/was injured 0
0%
66 other health:born in DSA 2
0%
70 accessible/close to the road/services 873
0.5%
71 other accessibility:near/cheaper from work/school 0
0%
80 to attend school/college/training 4097
2.5%
81 other schooling:completed/closed school/training 0
0%
82 other: dropped out/failed/expelled school/training 0
0%
91 for a change/independence 672
0.4%
100 fewer civil conflicts 17
0%
101 other conflict:marital discord 0
0%
996 other 94
0.1%
997 refused 1
0%
998 don't know 390
0.2%
999 NIU (not in universe) 61497
37.3%
9999995 missing:impute 2014
1.2%
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
FW: CHECK CODE IN 3.5: IF PREVIOUS RESIDENCE WAS IN NAIROBI (I.E. 1, 2, 3, OR 4) SKIP TO Q3.10
Question post text
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Interviewer instructions
What is the most important reason why you/ (NAME OF MIGRANT) came to live in Nairobi?

Ask for the most important reason why they came to Nairobi. Write legibly and in CAPITALS. Write the corresponding code for the reason in the box provided. Get codes from CODE SHEET A3.

Description

Text
The reason for inmigrating to Nairobi.
Universe
All households that had an in-migrant.
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