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1985 Intercensus Population Survey - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1985
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Reason for moving (ID1985A_MIGREAS)

Data file: IDN1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">VII. A. All ages</span>
<br />[Questions 1-13 were asked of persons of all ages]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A413">Q.11 Reason moved<br /><div class="i1">1 Transmigration<br />2 Employment<br />3 Education<br />4 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Transmigration
2 Employment
3 Education
4 Other
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
<svar v="ID85A406 ID85A407 ID85A408 ID85A409 ID85A410 ID85A411 ID85A412 ID85A413 ID85A414 ID85A415 ID85A416 ID85A417 ID85A418 ID85A419 ID85A420 ID85A421 ID85A422 ID85A423 ID85A424 ID85A425 ID85A426 ID85A427 ID85A428 ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h2">X. Information on household members</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">A. Block VII: General information on household members</span><br />1. The objective of this block is to record information on items such as sex, age, schooling status, and activities conducted during the past week for every household member, starting with the member with serial number "01" and continuing to the last household member.<br /><br />2. Method of filling out the form<br />Circle one of the codes corresponding to the respondent's answer, and then write the code in the box on the right.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ID85A406 ID85A407 ID85A408 ID85A409 ID85A410 ID85A411 ID85A412 ID85A413 ID85A414 ID85A415"><span class="h3">B. Block VII. A: Persons of all ages</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A413">Question 11: Reason for moving<br />The objective of Q.11 is to collect information on migration between regencies/municipalities and is asked to those who have ever moved beyond the boundary of the current regency/municipality. If the respondent has moved several times before taking up his/her residence in the current regency/municipality, ask the reason for the last move. A person has ever moved if:<br /><div class="i1">1. Place of birth and the current place of residence are different or the answer to Q.7 is not the same as the current place of residence.<br />2. Place of birth and the current place of residence are the same, but the respondent's age is greater than the length of time the respondent has lived in the current place of residence, or the answer to Q.7 is the same as the current place of residence, but the answer for Q.3 ["Age"] is greater than the answer for Q.9.<br />3. Previous place of residence is not the same as the current place of residence, or the answer to Q.10 is not the same as the current place of residence.</div><br /><br />For respondents who have never moved across the regency/municipality border, that is, the answer for Q.8 is code 2 [never lived in another regency/municipality] or if the answer for Q.7 [place of birth] is the same as the current place of residence, then skip Q.10 and Q.11, and go to Q.12.<br /><br />Circle one of the codes 1 through 4 corresponding to the respondent's main reason for moving.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>"Transmigration" is the reason given by someone who moves to a transmigration location, either with government assistance or through his/her own efforts.</li>

<li>"Employment" is the reason given by someone who moves to a new place for some reason related to his job/work, such as searching for work, his/her job was transferred, or he/she changed job.</li>

<li>"Education" is the reason given by someone who has moved to a new place to continue his/her education in the new place.</li>

<li>"Other" is the reason for someone moving that cannot be categorized into one of the three categories given above.</li>
</ul><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for moving between regencies/municipalities.
Universe
Indonesia 1985: Persons who ever lived in another regency/municipality [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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