Housing Condition and Migration Survey, January - June 1993
NSS 49th Round

India, 1993

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-49Rnd-Sch1dot2-1993

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Reason of migration(code) (B3_q12_c5)

Data file: Block-3-Part-2-Persons--Particulars of past members outside-records

Overview

Valid: 17292

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 72

End: 72

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Reason for migration (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	NR	26	0.2%
1	In search of employment/better employment	8318	48.1%
2	Transfer of service/contract/take up employment	4239	24.5%
3	Studies	2779	16.1%
4	Marriage	323	1.9%
5	Movement of parents/earning member	1063	6.1%
9	Others	544	3.1%

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

Migration here refers to the movement of the household members to a place outside state. The reason for such movement is to be ascertained for each of the members listed in col.1 of this item and noted in this column. While ascertaining the reasons for migration of persons who have first moved to a state and then to another state of abroad, the following procedure may be adopted. In the case of persons who have moved to state A and then to state B, the reason is to be recorded for the first move. In the case of persons who first moved to state A and then to country C, the reason for moving to country C is to be recorded. In case of persons who moved to country C and then to country D, the reason for going to country C is to be recorded.
Lastly, if a person has moved from country C to state A the reason for moving to state A is to be recorded. The reasons for migration are coded

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Housing Condition and Migration Survey, January - June 1993 NSS 49th Round