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Mainstage Variable

mnmoves

Number of moves to a new address

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

migrationhistory_w7.mnmoves

Question label:

Number of moves to a new address

Question text:

Roughly how many times have you moved to a new address since you {if (GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 0) | (INITIALCONDITIONS.ukborn = 1, 2, 3, 4) | ((GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.ukborn = 5) & dvage2uk 14)} came to the UK to live either on your own or with family?

Question universe:

if (GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5) & (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBOOST 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.GPCOMPARE 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.LDA 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB 1) (Continuing sample household with a foreign born resident, or respondent is foreign-born, and household is not in the EM Boost, GP Compare, LDA or IEMB samples.)

Question interviewer instructions:

DO NOT COUNT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RETURNING TO THE FAMILY HOME FOR SCHOOL BREAKS OR HOLIDAYS BUT DO COUNT ALL ADDRESS CHANGES WHILE A STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY.
DO NOT COUNT THE FIRST MOVE TO THE UK FROM ABROAD.
ENTER NUMBER, ENTER 0 TIMES AS 0, RESPONDENT’S BEST ESTIMATE IS ACCEPTABLE

Further details:
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Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83623885.93%
proxy-728326.72%
refusal-270.02%
don't know-1590.14%
Total42170100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
proxy-71950.43%
refusal-2540.12%
don't know-11860.41%
Total45192100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9240.05%
inapplicable-83957177.6%
proxy-732626.4%
refusal-260.01%
don't know-1400.08%
Total50994100.0%

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