Appendix Table A.2.
Characteristics of Migrants and Non-Migrants, by Type of Individual Migration
| I. Adult Residents | II. Adult Non-residents | III. Adult Residents | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUT-MIGRATION, 2001-03 | IN-MIGRATION, 2001-03 | INTERNAL MIGRATION, 2001-03 | ||||||||||
| No migration | Any migration | No migration | Any migration | No migration | Any migration | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Female | 14,420 | 89.4 | 1,717 | 10.6 | 9,569 | 86.7 | 1,471 | 13.3 | 15,717 | 97.4 | 420 | 2.6 |
| Male | 9,155 | 84.2 | 1,713 | 15.8 | 8,574 | 84.7 | 1,544 | 15.3 | 10,699 | 98.4 | 169 | 1.6 |
| Age group quantile | ||||||||||||
| 18-22 | 3,874 | 74.6 | 1,318 | 25.4 | 3,964 | 80.6 | 953 | 19.4 | 5,017 | 96.6 | 175 | 3.4 |
| 23-28 | 3,464 | 78.0 | 977 | 22.0 | 4,771 | 85.1 | 833 | 14.9 | 4,289 | 96.6 | 152 | 3.4 |
| 29-37 | 4,447 | 88.4 | 584 | 11.6 | 4,576 | 88.4 | 602 | 11.6 | 4,896 | 97.3 | 135 | 2.7 |
| 38-50 | 5,300 | 93.8 | 351 | 6.2 | 3,327 | 89.4 | 395 | 10.6 | 5,578 | 98.7 | 73 | 1.3 |
| Over age 50 | 6,490 | 97.0 | 200 | 3.0 | 1,505 | 86.6 | 232 | 13.4 | 6,636 | 99.2 | 54 | 0.8 |
| Partnership pattern | ||||||||||||
| No current partner | 6,835 | 86.4 | 1,073 | 13.6 | 4,046 | 83.7 | 791 | 16.4 | 7,771 | 98.3 | 137 | 1.7 |
| Marital partner | 6,797 | 96.0 | 284 | 4.0 | 2,859 | 88.6 | 369 | 11.4 | 7,025 | 99.2 | 56 | 0.8 |
| Regular non-marital partner | 9,169 | 83.5 | 1,813 | 16.5 | 10,171 | 86.1 | 1,636 | 13.9 | 10,611 | 96.6 | 371 | 3.4 |
| Casual partner | 726 | 74.5 | 248 | 25.5 | 995 | 82.5 | 211 | 17.5 | 951 | 97.6 | 23 | 2.4 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||
| Unemployed | 14,450 | 86.9 | 2,174 | 13.1 | 7,225 | 82.3 | 1,556 | 17.7 | 16,256 | 97.8 | 368 | 2.2 |
| Full or part-time employment | 6,547 | 89.1 | 800 | 10.9 | 8,165 | 89.6 | 950 | 10.4 | 7,197 | 98.0 | 150 | 2.0 |
| Education level | ||||||||||||
| None or <1 year | 5,313 | 94.6 | 305 | 5.4 | 1,755 | 86.7 | 270 | 13.3 | 5,546 | 98.7 | 72 | 1.3 |
| Standard 1-5 | 6,289 | 90.6 | 650 | 9.4 | 3,905 | 86.3 | 620 | 13.7 | 6,812 | 98.2 | 127 | 1.8 |
| Standard 6-9 | 5,697 | 82.4 | 1,215 | 17.6 | 4,920 | 85.7 | 824 | 14.4 | 6,700 | 96.9 | 212 | 3.1 |
| Standard 10 (Matric) | 2,636 | 79.2 | 694 | 20.8 | 3,836 | 85.2 | 669 | 14.9 | 3,249 | 97.6 | 81 | 2.4 |
| Diploma, Bachelor’s or Master’s | 853 | 90.3 | 92 | 9.7 | 723 | 89.4 | 86 | 10.6 | 927 | 98.1 | 18 | 1.9 |
| Parenthood | ||||||||||||
| Not parent to children in household | 16,523 | 85.1 | 2,895 | 14.9 | 14,179 | 85.5 | 2405 | 14.5 | 18,960 | 97.6 | 458 | 2.4 |
| Parent to children in household | 7,052 | 93.0 | 535 | 7.1 | 3,964 | 86.7 | 610 | 13.3 | 7,456 | 98.3 | 131 | 1.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS | ||||||||||||
| Drink water source: Other | 12,506 | 87.5 | 1,789 | 12.5 | 9,900 | 86.4 | 1556 | 13.6 | 13,960 | 97.7 | 335 | 2.3 |
| Piped (private/public) | 8,501 | 87.7 | 1,191 | 12.3 | 5,494 | 85.3 | 950 | 14.7 | 9,510 | 98.1 | 182 | 1.9 |
| Sanitation: Other or none | 18,775 | 87.6 | 2,670 | 12.5 | 14,215 | 86.2 | 2,280 | 13.8 | 20,970 | 97.8 | 475 | 2.2 |
| Flush toilet/VIP | 2,243 | 87.9 | 310 | 12.1 | 1,198 | 84.0 | 228 | 16.0 | 2,509 | 98.3 | 44 | 1.7 |
| Electricity: No source | 10,137 | 86.8 | 1,542 | 13.2 | 8,758 | 86.9 | 1,326 | 13.2 | 11,387 | 97.5 | 292 | 2.5 |
| Electricity source (grid/generator) | 10,881 | 88.3 | 1,438 | 11.7 | 6,655 | 84.9 | 1,182 | 15.1 | 12,092 | 98.2 | 227 | 1.8 |
| Quantiles of household assets | ||||||||||||
| Lower tertile of assets (0-2) | 8,286 | 87.0 | 1,236 | 13.0 | 7,087 | 85.6 | 1,188 | 14.4 | 9,283 | 97.5 | 239 | 2.5 |
| Middle tertile of assets (3-5) | 7,162 | 87.7 | 1,007 | 12.3 | 5,487 | 86.6 | 853 | 13.5 | 7,985 | 97.8 | 184 | 2.3 |
| Higher tertile of assets (6-17) | 8,127 | 87.3 | 1,187 | 12.7 | 5,569 | 85.1 | 974 | 14.9 | 9,148 | 98.2 | 166 | 1.8 |
| Pension-eligible adults in household | ||||||||||||
| None | 13,584 | 86.3 | 2,155 | 13.7 | 10,632 | 85.5 | 1,808 | 14.5 | 15,399 | 97.8 | 340 | 2.2 |
| 1 or more males or both sexes | 3,364 | 89.4 | 400 | 10.6 | 2,389 | 87.0 | 358 | 13.0 | 3,686 | 97.9 | 78 | 2.1 |
| 1 or more females only | 6,627 | 88.3 | 875 | 11.7 | 5,122 | 85.8 | 849 | 14.2 | 7,331 | 97.7 | 171 | 2.3 |
| Household size | ||||||||||||
| 1 to 4 | 3,421 | 89.5 | 402 | 10.5 | 1,922 | 87.9 | 265 | 12.1 | 3,754 | 98.2 | 69 | 1.8 |
| 5 to 7 | 5,617 | 87.8 | 780 | 12.2 | 3,606 | 85.1 | 632 | 14.9 | 6,278 | 98.1 | 119 | 1.9 |
| 8 to 10 | 5,856 | 87.4 | 842 | 12.6 | 4,678 | 85.6 | 786 | 14.4 | 6,553 | 97.8 | 145 | 2.2 |
| 11 to 14 | 4,859 | 86.0 | 790 | 14.0 | 4,198 | 84.4 | 775 | 15.6 | 5,515 | 97.6 | 134 | 2.4 |
| 15 or more | 3,822 | 86.1 | 616 | 13.9 | 3,739 | 87.0 | 557 | 13.0 | 4,316 | 97.3 | 122 | 2.8 |
Source: ACDIS. Data for population aged 18 and older who were members of households on 01 January 2001. Unweighted row percentages shown.