[Questions 14 and 15 were asked of persons who ever lived outside the village where they are currently residing, as per question 13]

15. Reason for migration

You have to collect information in part 2 for all persons mentioned in statement 1.1 and statement 1.2 of part 1. Some of the following questions have been answered in part 1. Therefore there will be no need to ask these questions again. In such cases all you have to do is to copy the information in the appropriate column.

68. Column 15: reason for migration

"Migration", means moving to the place where you are enumerating from another village (or another country) which was the last previous residence. For persons to whom you have given code other than 1 in column 13 and for whom you have entered duration of stay code in column 14, you have to record reason for migration by giving one of the codes applicable to the person concerned from the list of codes for Column 15 given below the column. The reasons given are simple and easily understandable. Code 5 (family moved) needs an explanation. If a member of a family had to move to the place of enumeration from a previous residence because the entire family moved, this code has to be given. For example, if Ratha migrated because his place of work is transferred give code 01 for him. For his wife and children who had to also move with him the reason for migration is family moved (05) and not transfer of work place (01). However, if his wife or son or daughter gives a separate reason for moving to this place like "in search of employment" or "education" you have to assign the appropriate code to him/her. Give code 09 (Repatriation or Return after displacement) to a person who was repatriated by an official agency or to a person who returned to his/her village after having left earlier due to internal disturbances or political reasons. For any reason of migration other than the first eleven listed, give 12 and write down the reason in the column itself. Please note that Code 12 should be given only if the reason for migration is not covered by any of the codes 01 to 11. For instance, if a person had been repatriated, you must give code 09 in his/her case and not write "12 (repatriated)".