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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016

Maldives, 2016
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MDV_2016_HIES_v01_M
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Maldives National Bureau of Statistics
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South Asia
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Q416: What is the main reason for migrating to this island? (Q416)

Data file: f4

Overview

Valid: 8871
Invalid: 17154
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 136
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 FOR EDUCATION 1274
14.4%
2 TAKE UP A NEW JOB/JOB TRANSFER/ SEEKING WORK 951
10.7%
3 RETURN MIGRANT TO LIVE IN THIS ISLAND 2634
29.7%
4 DUE TO FAMILY MIGRATION/TO LIVE WITH FAMILY 1489
16.8%
5 DUE TO MARRIAGE 1117
12.6%
6 AS A PARENT/GUARDIAN 182
2.1%
7 FOR MEDICAL PURPOSE 44
0.5%
8 MOVED TO THIS ISLAND DUE TO TSUNAMI 382
4.3%
9 DUE TO POPULATION CONSOLIDATION (NOT RELATED TO TSUNAMI) 273
3.1%
10 OTHER REASON 219
2.5%
99 NOT STATED 306
3.4%
Sysmiss 17154
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.
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