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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2014 Dec 12;40(4):695–716. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00007.x

TABLE 4.

Reasons for Migration, 2000 and 2010

Reason for Migration, 2000 (%)
Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Total 63.95 2.23 0.78 4.48 2.73 4.03 11.48 5.80 4.51 49,980
Intra-Provincial Floating Population 48.02 3.11 1.56 8.22 5.38 5.80 14.85 7.29 5.76 20,940
Inter-provincial Floating Population 75.44 1.59 0.22 1.77 0.82 2.75 9.06 4.73 3.61 29,040
Reason for Migration, 2010 (%)
Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Total 55.1 3.02 0.28 13.36 4.84 3.20 12.53 4.27 3.36 108,616
Intra-Provincial Floating Population 37.45 3.84 0.49 21.25 8.90 4.14 14.07 4.80 5.06 54,367
Inter-provincial Floating Population 72.89 2.20 0.06 5.44 0.76 2.25 11.00 3.74 1.66 54,249

1= Manual labor or business;

2= Job transfer;

3= Job assignment(2000)/Jigua(2010)

4= Education or training;

5= Demolition of old residences or moving;

6= Marriage migration;

7= Dependents of migrants;

8= Joining relatives or friends;

9= Others.

Note:

1. The category “job assignment” in 2000 census is replaced by “Jigua” in the 2010 census.

2. Distribution of reasons for migration between 1995 and 2000 among inter-county temporary is derived from the 1/1,000 micro-level data of 2000 census.

3.Distribution of reasons for migration between 2005 and 2010 among inter-county temporary migrants) in the bottom panel is derived from the 1/1,000 micro-level data of 2010 census.