Furthest distance lived from present home
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationhistory_w7.mlivedistf
Question label:
Furthest distance lived from present home
Question text:
What is the furthest away you've lived?
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.)
and if MNMoves > = 1 (Moved one or more times)
and if MLiveDist = 1,2 (Lives less than 2 miles or 2 to 5 miles from where living aged 14 or where lived when first came to the UK)
and if MLiveDist5 = 1 (Has lived further than 5 miles from where live now)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 39085 | 92.68% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Between 5 and 20 miles | 1 | 71 | 0.17% |
| Between 20 and 50 miles | 2 | 29 | 0.07% |
| Between 50 and 100 miles | 3 | 34 | 0.08% |
| More than 100 miles | 4 | 62 | 0.15% |
| Country outside UK | 5 | 56 | 0.13% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4136 | 9.15% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| between 5 and 20 miles | 1 | 133 | 0.29% |
| between 20 and 50 miles | 2 | 29 | 0.06% |
| between 50 and 100 miles | 3 | 29 | 0.06% |
| more than 100 miles | 4 | 57 | 0.13% |
| country outside uk | 5 | 35 | 0.08% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 47082 | 92.33% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| between 5 and 20 miles | 1 | 267 | 0.52% |
| between 20 and 50 miles | 2 | 90 | 0.18% |
| between 50 and 100 miles | 3 | 74 | 0.15% |
| more than 100 miles | 4 | 141 | 0.28% |
| in a country outside the uk | 5 | 78 | 0.15% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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