Table 3.
Migration pattern in the study population per sex and per age category
| Male | Female | 18–44 | 45+ | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Time away from home | ||||||||||
| Never absent | 34,443 | 69.0 | 46,872 | 75.0 | 40,715 | 65.7 | 40,599 | 80.6 | 81,314 | 72.3 |
| Less than 1 month | 6024 | 12.1 | 7087 | 11.3 | 6208 | 10.0 | 6903 | 13.7 | 13,111 | 11.7 |
| 1 to 6 months | 5509 | 11.0 | 4608 | 7.4 | 8157 | 13.2 | 1959 | 3.9 | 10,117 | 9.0 |
| More than 6 months | 3928 | 7.9 | 3927 | 6.3 | 6930 | 11.2 | 925 | 1.8 | 7855 | 7.0 |
| Reason to be away from home | ||||||||||
| Find a job | 8765 | 92.9 | 7481 | 87.7 | 13,933 | 92.3 | 2314 | 80.2 | 16,246 | 90.4 |
| Study | 168 | 1.8 | 289 | 3.4 | 433 | 2.9 | 24 | 0.8 | 457 | 2.5 |
| Other | 503 | 5.3 | 766 | 9.0 | 722 | 4.8 | 547 | 18.9 | 1269 | 7.1 |