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Table 4 Primary Reason for Moving

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

 

Men

Women

In-migrants

Primary reason for moving

Age < 15

N = 48

% (95% CI)

15–25

N = 22

% (95% CI)

> 25

N = 50

% (95% CI)

Age < 15

N = 51

% (95% CI)

15–25

N = 33

% (95% CI)

> 25

N = 36

% (95% CI)

 Work

21.0% (0–46%)

32.3%(7.1–57.6%)

44.8% (24.7–64.9%)

3.3% (0–8.8%)

18.5% (3.5–33.6%)

30.4% (8.1–52.7%)

 Education

15.0% (0.2–29.9%)

20.0% (0–42.6%)

0.0% (0–0%)

23.2% (0–47%)

28.2% (0–57%)

1.5% (0–4.5%)

 Family

38.1% (17.9–58.4%)

10.7% (0–30.2%)

13.1% (2.6–23.6%)

38.1% (21.4–54.9%)

6.1% (0–17.7%)

32.35% (12.2–52.3%)

 Marriage

15.15% (0–35.8%)

18.2% (0–40.7%)

12.2% (0–28%)

16.5% (0–40.8%)

28.5% (8.1–48.9%)

10.3% (0–26.9%)

 Insecurity

2.4% (0-%7.2)

0.0% (0–0%)

2.6% (0–7.8%)

2.1% (0–6.3%)

5.6% (0–13.8%)

6.4% (0%18.8)

 Improved Security

6.8% (0–20.3%)

0.0% (0–0%)

7.6% (0–18.4%)

11.3% (0–26.7%)

3.6% (0–10.8%)

6.2% (0–14.9%)

 Land Confiscated

0.6% (0–1.8%)

9.8% (0.3–19.3%)

6.5% (1.4–11.5%)

3.5% (0–7.7%)

5.8% (0.8–10.8%)

5.5% (0.4–10.6%)

 No Reason/Other

1.1% (0–3.4%)

9.0% (0,-20.5%)

13.2% (1.1–25.3%)

2.0% (0–5%)

3.6% (0–10.8%)

7.4% (0–16.5%)

Out-migrants

Primary reason for moving

Age < 15

N = 169

% (95% CI)

15–25

N = 426

% (95% CI)

> 25

N = 260

% (95% CI)

Age < 15

N = 168

% (95% CI)

15–25

N = 333

% (95% CI)

> 25

N = 151

% (95% CI)

 Work

8.5% (3.1–13.8%)

54.5% (45.5–63.6%)

66.7% (55–78.4%)

5.2% (0.9–9.6%)

38.2% (28.6–47.7%)

55.9% (37.6–74.1%)

 Education

83.0% (76.5–89.5%)

40.4% (31.7–49.1%)

7.5% (2.4–12.7%)

89.1% (83.8–94.5%)

49.7% (40.4–59%)

6.8% (0.3–13.3%)

 Family

6.2% (1.6–10.9%)

0.5% (0.1–1%)

2.0% (0.6–3.5%)

3.4% (1.2–5.6%)

2.1% (0–4.3%)

5.7% (0.9–10.4%)

 Marriage

0.0% (0–0%)

2.0% (0.4–3.7%)

17.8% (7.3–28.4%)

0.5% (0–1.3%)

7.3% (3.5–11.2%)

16.4% (7.8–25%)

 Insecurity

0.0% (0–0%)

0.5% (0–1.4%)

1.0% (0–2.3%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.8% (0–2.3%)

8.1% (0–22.3%)

 Improved Security

1.1% (0–3.2%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

 Land Confiscated

0.0% (0–0%)

0.5% (0–1.3%)

0.8% (0–2.4%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

0.0% (0–0%)

 No Reason/Other

1.3% (0–2.6%)

1.6% (0.1–3%)

4.1% (1–7.1%)

1.7% (0–4%)

1.9% (0–3.8%)

7.2 (2.2–12.3%)

  1. 24 HH with in and out-migration omitted from this analysis