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migrationhistory_w1

Migration History module

Questions 22

migrationhistory_w1.migration

Time at start of migration history module

Type: time

migrationhistory_w1.mabroad

Has lived abroad

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Next we have a few questions about where you have lived in your lifetime
Have you lived in any countries other than the UK for a year or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 (Born in the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mnabroad

Number of other countries lived in

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER NUMBER

Text: How many other countries have you lived in?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 (Born in the UK)
and if MAbroad = 1 (Has lived in a country other than the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.countryno

Country number

Type: number

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 (Born in the UK)
and if MAbroad = 1 (Has lived in a country other than the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mabroadc

Where lived abroad

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: Start typing country name Use ALT T to switch to search for any text in country name If unable to code type 'ZZZ'

Text: Which was the [[first/second/third/fourth/fifth]] other country lived in?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 (Born in the UK)
and if MAbroad = 1 (Has lived in a country other than the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mabroadco

Where lived abroad: other

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 (Born in the UK)
and if MAbroad = 1 (Has lived in a country other than the UK)
and if MAbroadC = 997 (Lived in country not on list)

migrationhistory_w1.mindirect

Moves directly from country of birth

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: Next we have a few questions about when you came to live in the UK. When you came to the UK to live, did you come directly from your country of birth or did you live in another country or countries before living here?

OptionLabel
1Direct from birth country
2From other country

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mnotherc

Number of countries lived in

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER NUMBER

Text: Other than your country of birth, how many other countries did you live in before living here?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MIndirect = 2 (Moved to UK from a country other than birth country)

migrationhistory_w1.countryno1

Country number

Type: number

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MIndirect = 2 (Moved to UK from a country other than birth country)

migrationhistory_w1.mindirectc

Country lived in before coming to UK

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: Start typing country name Use ALT T to switch to search for any text in country name If unable to code type 'ZZZ'

Text: Which was the [[first/second/third/fourth/fifth]] country you lived in after you left your country of birth?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MIndirect = 2 (Moved to UK from a country other than birth country)

migrationhistory_w1.mindirectco

Other country lived in before coming to UK

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MIndirect = 2 (Moved to UK from a country other than birth country)
and if MIndirectC = 997 (Moved to UK from country not on list)

migrationhistory_w1.mreturned

Ever returned to country of birth to live

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Since you first came to the UK to live, have you returned to your country of birth to live for a year or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mlived

Lived in countries other than UK since arrival

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Since coming to the UK have you lived in any countries other than the UK or your country of birth for a year or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mnlived

Number of countries lived in since UK arrival

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER NUMBER

Text: How many other countries have you lived in since coming to the UK?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MLived = 1 (Lived in any countries other than UK since moving to the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.countryno2

Country number

Type: number

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MLived = 1 (Lived in any countries other than UK since moving to the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mlivedc

Countries lived in since moving to UK

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: Start typing country name Use ALT T to switch to search for any text in country name If unable to code type 'ZZZ'

Text: Which was the [[first/second/third/fourth/fifth]] other country lived in after coming to the UK?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MLived = 1 (Lived in any countries other than UK since moving to the UK)

migrationhistory_w1.mlivedco

Countries lived in since moving to UK: other

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if MLived = 1 (Lived in any countries other than UK since moving to the UK)
and if MLivedC = 997 (Lived in country not on list)

migrationhistory_w1.moveage

Age respondent moved to UK

Type: number

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Born outside the UK)
and if HHGRID.Birth <> MIS (date of birth provided)

migrationhistory_w1.mnmoves

Number of moves to a new address

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: 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

Text: Roughly how many times have you moved to a new address since you [were aged 14] {UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 | UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge = less than or equal to 14} / [came to the UK to live] {UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge = greater than 14}, either on your own or with family?

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)

migrationhistory_w1.mlivedist

Current home: distance from first home/age 14

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: How far do you now live from where you were living when you [were aged 14] {UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 | UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge less than or equal to 14} / [came to the UK to live] {UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge greater than 14}?

OptionLabel
1Less than 2 miles
2Between 2 and 5 miles
3Between 5 and 20 miles
4Between 20 and 50 miles
5Between 50 and 100 miles
6More than 100 miles

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
and if MNMoves > = 1 (Moved one or more times)

migrationhistory_w1.mlivedist5

Ever lived further than 5 miles from where now lives

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Since you [were aged 14] {UKBORN = 1,2,3,4 | UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge less than or equal to 14} / [came to the UK to live] {UKBORN = 5 & MoveAge greater than 14}, have you ever lived further than 5 miles from where you live now?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
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)

migrationhistory_w1.mlivedistf

Furthest distance lived from present home

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: What is the furthest away you've lived?

OptionLabel
1Between 5 and 20 miles
2Between 20 and 50 miles
3Between 50 and 100 miles
4More than 100 miles
5Country outside UK

Universe:
if (HHGRID.EMBoost = 1 | HHGRID.GPCompare = 1 | (HHGRID.LDA = 1 & (ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL > 4 & ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.RACEL < 98)) (EM boost or general population comparison sample or in low density EM area and any non-white background)
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)

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