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
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 36238 | 85.93% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 59 | 0.14% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 54 | 0.12% |
| don't know | -1 | 186 | 0.41% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 24 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 39571 | 77.6% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 40 | 0.08% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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