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Published in final edited form as: Popul Space Place. 2013 May 30;20(6):528–551. doi: 10.1002/psp.1794

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.