Section III: Detailed particulars of household members
Migration status
23. What is the number of years [person] has continuously lived in rural part of this Woreda?
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Columns 23 - 24: Migration
Prior to collecting the required information on migration, it is very important to understand the concept of migration. Understanding how a given individual is considered to be a migrant in a given locality during a census period and setting up the criteria to respond the question is crucial. Based on the type of place of residence (i.e urban and rural areas), different meanings and criteria are set to define migration or a person as a migrant. Therefore, before executing the actual data collection, it is necessary and mandatory to understand the meanings and criteria used to define the term migration or a migrant person for both urban and rural settings. The detail on the meaning and criteria used to define migration for rural areas is given as follows.
In Rural Areas
A person is considered to be a migrant during the time of the census if he/she is found to have crossed the defined boundary of the woreda where he/she was previously residing. Moreover, even though the person does not cross the boundary of the woreda , but is found to have shifted his/her usual place of residence from a given rural kebele to an urban area of the same woreda during the time of the census, he/she will be considered a migrant. Nonetheless, an individual is not regarded as a migrant if the person is found to have changed his/her usual place of residence from a given rural kebele or farmer association to another rural kebele of the same woreda.
In addition to the above criteria, the following cases have to be considered when identifying an individual as a migrant in rural settings:
a. Regardless of whether the person decides to return back or stay where he/she is, if the individual reports a duration of six months or more of the period from when he/she left the woreda where he/she previously resided to the time of the census, he/she will be considered a migrant.
b. If the person has no any intention to return back to his/her previous place of residence, even if the duration of the period from when he/she left the woreda where he/she previously residing to the time of the enumeration is less than six months, the person will be considered a migrant.
c. The person will not be considered a migrant if the duration of the period from when he/she left the woreda where he/she previously resided to the time of the enumeration is less than six months and he/she has decided to return back to his/her previous place of residence (woreda).
Column 23 - 24: Duration of Migration
Column 23: What is the number of years (name) has continuously lived in this rural woreda?
In this column all persons covered by the census will be asked the numbers of years they continuously lived in their rural woreda . The relevant code should be entered in the space provided. If the person has continuously lived in the rural woreda since birth, code 8 should be entered.
In addition, it is imperative to have a clear understanding of the following cases to collect the required information on migration during the period of census.
In some cases there are conditions where a person is born in a hospital or health service institution which is located outside the woreda in which his/her household resides. In this situation, the place of birth of the person is considered to be the place where his/her household resides rather than the location of the hospital or health service institution. Because of this, the individual is not considered as a migrant during enumeration.
In a similar condition where a woman gave birth to a child in the residence of her parents or other relatives and then returned to her household, the place of birth of the child is the location where the mother and her household resides, not the residence of the mother's parents or relatives.
In order to clearly state the criteria given earlier to define migration or a migrant person and to enhance the understanding of the enumerator, examples are provided.
During enumeration, persons who have not lived in a rural part of the woreda (place of enumeration) since birth are divided into two categories:
1. Those who were born out of the present rural woreda
2. Those who were born in the same rural area of a given woreda but after sometime they left their place of birth and stayed in other woreda or urban area of the same woreda but returned back to their place of birth. This refers to those who returned back after staying for six months or more away from their place of birth
For example, a person called Kebede Terefe was born in Selam rural kebele of Kewet woreda and he lived in his place of birth continuously for 13 years after birth. He then left his place of birth and started to live in Shewa Robit town of the same woreda for 5 consecutive years. He then returned to his place of birth 2 years prior to the time of the census. In this situation, the number of years Kebede Terefe lived continuously in the woreda (area of enumeration) is two years, from the time he retuned back to Selam rural kebele from Shewa Robit town to the period of the census. The thirteen years he lived continuously in his place of birth after he was born is not included.
Based on the criteria and example given above, the codes for the possible responses for column 23 are given as follows:
0 = those have lived continuously for less than one year in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
1 = those have lived continuously for 1 year in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
2 = those who have lived continuously for 2 years in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
3 = those who have lived continuously for 3 years in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
4 = for those who have lived continuously for 4 years in the place of enumeration, i.e.in rural area of the woreda
5 = those who have lived continuously for 5 to 6 years in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
6 = those who have lived continuously for 7 to 9 years in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
7 = those who have lived continuously for 10 years or more in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda
8 = those who have lived continuously since birth in the place of enumeration, i.e. in rural area of the woreda.
Hence, based on the response obtained from the respondent, the necessary code from the given alternatives will be entered in space provided. For example, for a person who reports that he has lived continuously in the area of enumeration for less than a year, code 0 will be entered. Similarly, code 5 will be recorded for those who have been living continuously for 5 to 6 years in the place of enumeration.