Table 1:
Characteristics of migrants and non-migrants, children, mothers and households, MLSFH 2008 and MHM 2013
| MLSFH 2008 | MHM 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-migrant | Future migrant | Non-migrant | Migrant | |
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Mean child’s health (1-5) | 4.12 | 4.25 | 4.72 | 4.46 |
| Mean age | 5.03 | 4.70 | 10.03 | 9.79 |
| Level of education | ||||
| None | 60.56% | 68.71% | 3.06% | 2.76% |
| Primary | 39.44% | 31.29% | 91.27% | 90.18% |
| Secondary or higher | --- | --- | 5.68% | 7.06% |
| Male | 48.91% | 52.76% | 49.13% | 51.20% |
| Slept in household last night | 93.01% | 93.25% | 91.30% | 84.80% |
| Child N= | 1925 | 206 | 517 | 373 |
| Mother characteristics | ||||
| Mean mother’s health (1-5) | 3.04 | 3.11 | 3.60 | 3.33 |
| Mean number of children | 4.53 | 4.02 | 5.61 | 4.85 |
| Mean mother’s age | 35.28 | 33.66 | 38.47 | 36.52 |
| Mother’s marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 93.09% | 86.76% | 90.72% | 82.70% |
| Divorced/separated | 4.88% | 6.37% | 7.35% | 14.05% |
| Widowed | 2.02% | 6.86% | 1.93% | 3.24% |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| None | 24.90% | 12.14% | 29.27% | 11.38% |
| Primary | 67.96% | 76.21% | 65.45% | 80.76% |
| Secondary or higher | 7.14% | 11.65% | 5.28% | 7.86% |
| HIV infected | 5.69% | 16.99% | 5.35% | 18.28% |
| Household characteristics | ||||
| Region of residence | ||||
| Central | 32.30% | 48.54% | 30.56% | 43.70% |
| South | 32.76% | 21.36% | 40.43% | 26.01% |
| North | 34.94% | 30.10% | 29.01% | 30.29% |
| Mean household wealth | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.01 | −0.09 |
| Husband resides in household | 89.03% | 78.16% | 87.04% | 72.39% |
| Household/female N= | 860 | 102 | 262 | 128 |
| Migration characteristics | ||||
| Mean years duration at residence1 | 13.71 | 7.92 | ||
| Migration stream | ||||
| Rural-rural migrant | 72.92% | |||
| Rural-town migrant | 19.84% | |||
| Rural-urban migrant | 7.24% | |||
| Reason for migration | ||||
| Work-related | 30.57% | |||
| Marriage-related | 51.72% | |||
| Other | 17.71% | |||
| Duration of migration | ||||
| 0-1 years | 18.47% | |||
| 1-2 years | 5.97% | |||
| 2-3 years | 14.49% | |||
| 3-5 years | 11.93% | |||
| 5-9 years | 49.15% | |||
Notes:
1
= mean years of duration at residence is measured only for those who migrated once or more (647 children, 224 women).