Table 2.
Indicators of recent experience of migration
|
Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Residents | |||||||||||||||
| Migrated at least once in past 2 years | 20% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 25% | 22% | |
| External migration events* | 56% | 61% | 61% | 58% | 60% | 57% | 64% | 63% | 71% | 68% | 65% | 71% | 68% | 73% | |
| Spent <10 nights away from DSA household in past 6 months | 95% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 96% | 96% | 98% | 97% | 98% | 98% | |
| Non-residents | |||||||||||||||
| Migrated at least once in past 2 years | 44% | 45% | 31% | 45% | 47% | 38% | 41% | 39% | 30% | 31% | 26% | 44% | 32% | 32% | |
| External migration events* | 65% | 74% | 69% | 90% | 71% | 85% | 86% | 69% | 81% | 95% | 64% | 87% | 96% | 96% | |
| Spent <10 nights away from DSA household in past 6 months | 17% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 15% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 3% | |
All percentage estimates are adjusted for sampling and response weights. Absolute numbers are not shown because of the stratified sample design for non-residents. The overall population size for each indicator is shown in table 1. DSA=demographic surveillance area.
*
We defined external migration as the migration of an individual or household within the DSA to a household outside the DSA; the proportion reported represents external migration in individuals who migrated at least once in the past 2 years (recent migrants).