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Table 1 Age, Gender, Relationship of Migrant to Respondent, Site of and Reason For Migration

From: Migration patterns & their associations with health and human rights in eastern Myanmar after political transition: results of a population-based survey using multistaged household cluster sampling

 

In-migrants

Out-migrants

Non-migrants

Significance

Households

112

1010

5080

 

Persons

240

1534

30,077

 

Age

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

A B

20.8 (17.1–24.5)

20.3 (19.4–21.2)

24.9 (24.3–25.5)

 

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

B C

 < 15

99, 46.3% (34.7–57.8%)

338, 26.0% (20.1–31.8%)

11,600, 40.1% (38.8–41.4%)

 

 15 to 25

55, 19.7% (12.8–26.6%)

774, 49.5% (43.8–55.1%)

5127, 16.3% (15.5–17.1%)

 

 > 25

86, 34.0% (26.6–41.5%)

413, 23.9% (21.0–26.8%)

13,259, 43.2% (42.0–44.5%)

 

Sex

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

B

 Male

120, 48.2% (42.7–53.6%)

860, 55.2% (50.4–59.9%)

14,967, 49.7% (48.9–50.4%)

 

 Female

120, 51.8% (46.4–57.3%)

656, 44.8% (40.1–49.6%)

15,104, 50.3% (49.6–51.1%)

 

Relationship to Respondent

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

A B C

 Self

32, 14.2% (11.0–17.4%)

0, 0.0% (0.0–0.0%)

6146, 20.3% (19.7–21.0%)

 

 Parent

5, 1.8% (0.0–4.0%)

20, 0.9% (0.3–1.6%)

1153, 3.6% (3.2–4.1%)

 

 Spouse

19, 8.3% (5.6–11.1%)

78, 4.7% (3.3–6.0%)

4915, 16.3% (15.8–16.8%)

 

 Child

94, 45.5% (32.6–58.3%)

1135, 79.5% (75.7–83.4%)

14,735, 50.3% (48.7–51.9%)

 

 Uncle/Aunt

2, 0.7% (0.0–1.7%)

05, .5% (0.0–1.1%)

81, 0.3% (0.2–0.4%)

 

 Sibling

8, 1.4% (0.2–2.6%)

106, 4.6% (2.8–6.5%)

706, 2.0% (1.5–2.5%)

 

 Niece/Nephew

26, 9.3% (3.3–15.4%)

38, 2.6% (1.3–3.9%)

593, 2.5% (1.8–3.2%)

 

 Friend / other

54, 18.8% (8.4–29.2%)

152, 7.1% (4.9–9.3%)

1733, 4.7% (3.9–5.5%)

 

Where Did They Move

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

 

C

 In State

117, 71.7% (53.5–89.9%)

508, 32.4% (26.5–38.2%)

  

 In Burma

51, 17.0% (5.0–28.9%)

235, 17.1% (10.9–23.3%)

  

 Thailand

27, 11.3% (1.9–20.7%)

746, 48.2% (40.9–55.5%)

  

 Malaysia

0, 0.0% (0.0–0.0%)

24, 1.2% (0.3–2.0%)

  

 Other

0, 0.0% (0.0–0.0%)

13, 1.2% (0.0–2.3%)

  

Primary reason for moving

n, % (95% CI)

n, % (95% CI)

 

C

 Work

54, 23.2% (7.9–38.5%)

744, 40.2% (31.4–49.0%)

  

 Education

31, 14.2% (2.5–25.9%)

562, 46.4% (39.8–53.0%)

  

 Family

39, 26.3% (12.3–40.3%)

52, 2.7% (1.6–3.9%)

  

 Marriage

28, 16.1% (0.8–31.4%)

84, 6.6% (4.5–8.6%)

  

 Insecurity

7, 3.2% (0.0–9.1%)

10, 1.3% (0.0–2.9%)

  

 Improved Security

14, 7.0% (0.0–15.4)

1, 0.1% (0.0–0.4%)

  

 Land Confiscated

37, 4.5% (1.3–7.8%)

2, 0.2% (0.0–0.6%)

  

 No Reason/Other

13, 5.5% (1.0–10.0%)

43, 2.5% (1.4–3.5%)

  
  1. “A” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between IN-migrants vs. NON-migrants
  2. “B” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between OUT-migrants vs. NON-migrants
  3. “C” p < 0.05 for test of no difference between IN-migrants vs. OUT-migrants
  4. Analysis done with regard to individuals, thus 24 HH with in and out migration added to in and out columns, respectively, twice, in order to facilitate analysis of individual characteristics