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Table 2 Demographic information of migrants, by year and sex

From: Following in their footsteps: an analysis of the impact of successive migration on rural household welfare in Ghana

 

Baseline (2013)

New (2015)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Observations (N)

592

359

107

108

 Age (in years)

32.4

30.7

25.6

26.8

Marital status

 Single

44.6

42.7

68.4

47.8

 Married/living with partner

54

50.6

30.5

48.9

 Separated/divorced/widowed

1.5

6.7

1.1

3.3

Relation to head

 Head

8.3

1.9

3.7

1.9

 Spouse/partner

3.4

11.4

2.8

3.7

 Child/adopted child

52.4

49

49.5

51.9

 Grandchild/niece/nephew

10.3

13.7

27.1

25.9

 Other relatives

25.4

23.9

15.9

15

 Not related

0.3

0

0.9

1.9

Education

 None

14

18.6

23.7

31.5

 Primary

16.7

18.6

22.7

15.7

 Middle/junior

31

30.4

27.8

22.5

 High/senior

21.5

19.3

15.5

16.9

 College/technical

16.7

13.2

10.3

13.5

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations based on MooP Ghana panel study