Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

Figure 2.3 Percent Distribution of Out-Migrants 15 Years andOlder from Households by Main Reason for Migrating in thePast Five Years100 Percent Female Male80727460402002211872 21 2Work School Family Security OtherAMS 2010The AMS 2010 also collected information on usual residents age 15 years and older who hadmoved into or joined the sample households in the five years prior to the survey. Thirty percent ofhouseholds reported that at least one current member of the household had moved into the household atsome point in the past five years (Figure 2.4). Forty-two percent of urban households and 27 percent ofrural households had at least one person who had migrated into the household.Figure 2.4 Percentage of Households Reporting In-migration of atLeast One Member 15 Years and Older in the Past Five Years422730Urban Rural TotalAMS 2010Table 2.11 shows in-migration by background characteristics. Data show that among male inmigrants15 years and older, nearly half have moved in during the early phase of their working life, thatis, age 15-29. Slightly more than half of male in-migrants were currently living in urban households. TheHousehold Population, Household and Women’s Characteristics | 31