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Population and Housing Census 2017, Third Round

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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Reason for changing previous place of residency (Q61)

Data file: Members-en 2017

Overview

Valid: 151941
Invalid: 788672
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Reasons for changing previous place of residency
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Job / Work 5604
0.6%
2 Study 3133
0.3%
3 Marriage 45254
4.8%
4 Accompany 33272
3.5%
5 Deportation 3296
0.4%
6 return 19959
2.1%
7 Wall of annexation and expansion 30
0%
8 Maintain the Jerusalem Identity card 96
0%
9 Israeli Procedures 3399
0.4%
10 Other 31472
3.3%
99 6426
0.7%
Sysmiss 788672
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
The reasons that led the individual to change the previous place of residence, including voluntary or compulsory reasons:
1. Job/Work: If the reason for changing the previous place of residence for individuals is related to work, whether searching for work or changing the place of work.

2. study: if the reason for studying is for the same individual.

3. Marriage: if the individual has changed his place of residence, i.e. moved from one gathering to another because of marriage.

4. Accompany: If the reason is to accompany a family member or join the family or one of its members without the presence of another reason, and this applies to the wife and children of the head of the family who move with him for any reason (except for displacement, return, the wall, and Israeli procedures), unless The individual has another cause of their own.

5. Deportation: If the reason is forcing the individual under certain and coercive circumstances to leave his place of residence and move to another place due to the forced displacement resulting from wars (except for the procedures related to the wall, or any other Israeli measures), and it is registered for all individuals regardless of the individual's age.

6. Return: They are individuals who returned from abroad to Palestine (the homeland) to reside permanently, without the presence of other reasons.

7. Wall of Annexation and separation: if the reason is forcing the individual under certain and coercive circumstances to leave his place of residence and move to another place because of the forced displacement resulting from the wall, even if it is due to the direct displacement of individuals, and it is recorded for all individuals regardless of the individual's age.
8. Maintaining the Jerusalem identity card: They are the people who had to reside in the Jerusalem governorate to preserve their Jerusalem identity.

9. Israeli procedures: If the reason is forcing the individual under certain and coercive circumstances to leave his place of residence and move to another place due to the forced displacement resulting from Israeli measures (except for procedures related to the wall, or wars), and it is recorded for all individuals regardless of the individual's age, and includes the deportees, their families, prisoners and detainees As well as those released (provided that the previous place of residence is Israel).

10. Other: For any reasons other than what was mentioned previously.
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