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The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for moving (TH1980A_0422)

Data file: THA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 198
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For person 5 years and older or those who were born before and in the year 1974 (tiger year)
[Questions L16-L20 were asked of persons age 5 and over.]



If less than 5 years in L18
[Questions L19-L21 were asked of person who had been living in the present village or municipality for less than 5 years, per question L18.]




L21. Reason for moving

[] 1 To study
[] 2 Move with spouse
[] 3 Moved with head of household
[] 4 Looking for job
[] 5 Job transfer
[] 6 Return home
[] 7 Marriage
[] 8 Enter priesthood etc.
Categories
Value Category
1 To study
2 To accompany person in the household
3 To change marital status
4 To look for work
5 To take a job, to change jobs
6 Job transfer
7 Job-related, not classified elsewhere
8 To return home
9 To another residence
10 To be ordained
11 To the military, prison, other institution, and other reasons
98 Unknown
99 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
Column 18 ? 21 Migration

Ask those who are 5 years old and over, or who were born before or in 1974 (Tiger year)


Column 18

Ask ?How long have you been living in this village/municipality??

For those temporarily leaving for aboard and being there on the date of census, do not ask this column.

Record ?number of years? the person has been living in the village/municipality as of the date of census. If that person has lived less than 1 year, record ?0.?


Columns 19 ? 21

Ask only the persons recorded 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or ?X? in Column 18.


Column 19 Name of the last living province before moving into the present residence

Ask ?Could you tell me the name of the last province you had lived before moving into this place?? record ?name of the province.?

If moving within the same province, record ?name of the district.? If moving from other countries, ?record name of the country.?


Column 21 Reasons for migration

Ask ?why did you moved to this place??

Record the reasons for migration to the village or municipality, e.g.

- Education
- Follow head of the household
- Follow husband/wife
- Looking for a job
- Job transfer
- Return to homeland
- Wedding
- Ordination
- etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for moving from previous residence.
Universe
Persons age 5+ living in present village or municipality for less than 5 years

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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