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Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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EGY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason of changing place of residence (EG2006A_REASMIG)

Data file: EGY2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EG06A425 EG06A426 EG06A428">[Questions 21-22 were asked of persons who changed their residency location]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EG06A428">22. Reason for changing the residence address<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Work<br />[] 2 Studying<br />[] 3 Marriage<br />[] 4 Divorced (widow)<br />[] 5 Accompany<br />[] 6 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Work
2 Study
3 Marriage
4 Divorce / widowhood
5 Accompanying someone
6 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason why the person changed the place of residence.
Universe
Egypt 2006: Non-visitors who changed their residency location [discrepancies: type I 1.3%; type II: 0.8%]

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