Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024
Drawing 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...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | van Asselt, Joanna Synt, Nang Lun Kham McCord, Dedrick |
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| description | Drawing 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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| spelling | CGSpace1758052025-11-06T07:18:37Z Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 van Asselt, Joanna Synt, Nang Lun Kham McCord, Dedrick migration social change emigration instability youth safety household surveys employment data Drawing 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. 2025-07-24 2025-07-25T13:36:17Z 2025-07-25T13:36:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175805 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139828 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140519 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139695 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136640 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute van 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 |
| spellingShingle | migration social change emigration instability youth safety household surveys employment data van Asselt, Joanna Synt, Nang Lun Kham McCord, Dedrick Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title | Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title_full | Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title_short | Monitoring individual migration in Myanmar: December 2021 - June 2024 |
| title_sort | monitoring individual migration in myanmar december 2021 june 2024 |
| topic | migration social change emigration instability youth safety household surveys employment data |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175805 |
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