META-DATA FOR THE MIGRANT FILE

Gender (migrant)
Age (migrant)
Relation to head (migrant)
Magisterial district of current residence (migrant)
Gender (migrant) 

Notes for users
See Gender

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.3, C3 Gender (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All migrants

Final code list
1 Male
2 Female

Age (migrant) 

Notes for users
Only ‘Age in years’ was asked of migrants, not date of birth.
Responses of under 15 years or over 95 years were set to ‘Unspecified’.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.3, C2 Age in years (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All migrants

Final code list
15 to 94 in single years
99 Unspecified

Relationship to head (migrant) 

Notes for users
See Relationship to head
The same options were given for migrants as for people on the main body of the questionnaire. This included ‘Head of Household’ although a head of household was also identified within the questionnaire. Thus, in analysis, households may have two heads.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.3, C4 Relationship to the head of household (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All migrants

Final code list

1 Head of household
2 Husband/wife/partner
3 Son/daughter
4 Brother/sister
5 Father/mother
6 Grandparent
7 Grandchild
8 Other relative
9 Non-related person
99 Unspecified
98 N/A: Institution

Magisterial district of current residence (migrant) 

Notes for users
The place where the migrant was living was asked in order to obtain information on migration patterns.
During processing, coding was done for Magisterial district and Place name. However, at this time, only the Magisterial district data is available as the Place name codes are still being finalised.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.3, C5 Where is (the person) living (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All migrants

Final code list
See Magisterial district and Country of birth code lists for details based on the following principles:
pmm Province/Magisterial district codes (if within South Africa)
0cc Country (if elsewhere)
000 Unspecified

SuperSTAR build has a hierarchy of Province then Magisterial district:

Western Cape
Eastern Cape
Northern Cape
Free State
KwaZulu-Natal
North West
Gauteng
Mpumalanga
Northern Province
Other country
Unspecified


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