Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1983

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IND_1983_NSS38-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center

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Temporary or permanent migration (IN1983A_0058)

Data file: IND1983-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 152

End: 152

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

22. Whether the movement was temporary or permanent:

[Question 22 was asked of persons whose household moved to the village or town of enumeration during the last 365 days, per Question 20.]

[] 1 Temporary: seasonal
[] 2 Temporary: non-seasonal
[] 3 Permanent

Categories

Value	Category
1	Temporary; seasonal
2	Temporary; non-seasonal
3	Permanent
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Interviewer instructions

5.3.17: Item 22: whether the movement was temporary or permanent: [This item will be filled in only for those households which are reported to have moved to the village/town of enumeration from some other place during the last 365 days (i.e. for those households with entry 1 against item 20).]

The information as to whether the present movement was a temporary one or a permanent one would be recorded against item 22. For this purpose, the movement would be considered permanent if the household either stayed or intended to stay for six months or more at the place of enumeration. For such households, code '3' will be recorded against this item. For the other households (i.e. those reporting the movement as not permanent but temporary), it has to the further ascertained whether the movement was a seasonal one or not. For those households reporting the movement as seasonal, code 1 and for the other code 2 will be entered.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the whether the migration of the household in the past 365 days was temporary or permanent.

Universe

Households that moved to the enumeration village or town during the last 365 days

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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