Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024

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dc.creatorvan Asselt, Joanna
dc.creatorSynt, Nang Lun Kham
dc.creatorMcCord, Dedrick
dc.date2025-07-24
dc.date2025-07-25T13:36:17Z
dc.date2025-07-25T13:36:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:17Z
dc.descriptionDrawing on data from seven rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), conducted between December 2021 and June 2024 with over 12,000 respondents per round, this report examines individual migration, migration in which one or a few household members leave the household. Over the two-and-a-half-year period from December 2021 to June 2024, an estimated 9 million household members aged 15 and older—17 percent of the total population and 28 percent of the adult population—migrated from their households. During this time, the states of Kachin, Kayin, and Mon reported the highest migration rates, with over 35 percent of the adult population migrating. In January through June 2024, nearly nine percent of households reported sending migrants. However, the proportion of individuals migrating within Myanmar for work declined, while more individuals migrated for reasons such as marriage, education, or safety. Additionally, it is estimated that six percent of households had members migrate abroad to evade conscription laws. Urban households and those in Yangon were particularly likely to send members abroad to avoid conscription.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175805
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108158
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139828
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140519
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139695
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136640
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcevan Asselt, Joanna; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; and McCord, Dedrick. 2025. Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 68. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175805
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectsocial change
dc.subjectemigration
dc.subjectinstability
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectsafety
dc.subjecthousehold surveys
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectdata
dc.titleMonitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024
dc.typeWorking Paper

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