Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of migrant households in Regional Artemisinin-resistance Initiative areas of Myanmar, 2016
Characteristics | Weighted | Unweighted | |
|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | |
Total number of households | 3230 | Â | 3230 |
Type of migrant settlementa | |||
 Category 1 | 756 | (23.4) | 778 |
 Category 2 | 982 | (30.4) | 955 |
 Category 3 | 1251 | (38.7) | 1248 |
 Missing | 242 | (7.48) | 249 |
Education of head of household | |||
 No formal education | 260 | (8.0) | 264 |
 Up to primary | 2464 | (76.3) | 2426 |
 Up to secondary | 197 | (6.1) | 213 |
 Up to high school | 241 | (7.5) | 250 |
 Higher education | 65 | (1.9) | 74 |
 Missing | 3 | (0.2) | 3 |
Occupation of head of household | |||
 Farming/gardening/rubber tapper | 1231 | (38.1) | 1147 |
 Stone mining work/Brick kiln work | 817 | (25.3) | 780 |
 Merchant | 38 | (1.2) | 65 |
 Daily wage labourer | 572 | (17.7) | 610 |
 Missing | 572 | (17.7) | 628 |
Working hours | |||
 Daytime | 2486 | (77.0) | 2501 |
 Night time | 501 | (15.5) | 479 |
 Missing | 243 | (7.5) | 250 |
Reason for moving here | |||
 To work | 2276 | (70.5) | 2188 |
 To find job | 358 | (11.1) | 489 |
 To live here | 163 | (5.1) | 179 |
 Living with spouse/relatives | 197 | (6.1) | 196 |
 Others | 15 | (0.5) | 18 |
 Missing | 36 | (1.1) | 22 |
Intention to stay | |||
 Less than 2 weeks | 17 | (0.5) | 17 |
 2–4 weeks | 13 | (0.4) | 13 |
 1–6 months | 385 | (11.9) | 296 |
 6 months to 1 year | 204 | (6.3) | 185 |
 More than 1 year | 366 | (11.3) | 408 |
 Not sure | 1959 | (60.6) | 2031 |
 Missing | 287 | (8.9) | 280 |
State/region | |||
 Tanintharyi | 876 | (27.1) | 748 |
 Kayin | 401 | (12.4) | 374 |
 Shan (East) | 27 | (0.9) | 131 |
 Mon | 839 | (26.0) | 875 |
 Kachin | 149 | (4.6) | 247 |
 Sagaing | 590 | (18.3) | 626 |
 Bago | 347 | (10.8) | 229 |
Number of household members | |||
 1–2 | 1153 | (35.7) | 1115 |
 3–5 | 1623 | (50.2) | 1655 |
 6–10 | 446 | (13.8) | 451 |
 More than 10 | 08 | (0.3) | 9 |