Current migration intentions
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationhistoryshort_w9.mintent
Question label:
Current migration intentions
Question text:
What best describes your current situation or which comes closest?
Question universe:
if (FF_UKBORN = 5 & ff_1STWAVE <=6 & (GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB 1)) | (FF_UKBORN = 5 & (ff_1STWAVE = 7|8)) | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 6 or earlier and household is in the Foreign Born Sample but not in the IEMB sample OR Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 7 or later)
and if MIGRATIONBACKGROUND.DV2UK16 = 2 (Arrived in UK aged 16 or over)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33029 | 91.6% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 24 | 0.07% |
| I expect to stay in the UK to live | 1 | 1600 | 4.44% |
| I expect to move between the UK and country of birth on a regular basis | 2 | 134 | 0.37% |
| I live here now but I expect to return to country of birth to live there in t | 3 | 106 | 0.29% |
| I live here now but I expect to live in another country in the future | 4 | 67 | 0.19% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 3 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 38128 | 90.41% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 34 | 0.08% |
| I expect to stay in the UK to live | 1 | 998 | 2.37% |
| I expect to move between the UK and country of birth on a regular basis | 2 | 67 | 0.16% |
| I live here now but I expect to return to country of birth to live there in the future | 3 | 69 | 0.16% |
| I live here now but I expect to live in another country in the future | 4 | 38 | 0.09% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 2120 | 4.69% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 116 | 0.26% |
| i expect to stay in the uk to live | 1 | 1754 | 3.88% |
| i expect to move between the uk and country of birth on a regular basis | 2 | 144 | 0.32% |
| i live here now but i expect to return to country of birth to live there in t | 3 | 181 | 0.4% |
| i live here now but i expect to live in another country in the future | 4 | 98 | 0.22% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
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