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Household Five Year
Mobility Indicator

Household Five Year Mobility Indicator (MV5D)

This variable combines data from questions 8, 9 and 10 on the Census Household Form asking for a person's place of usual residence on Census Night, one year ago and five years ago. From this data it is possible to identify the change of address of people and show the movement of households for five years prior to the Census date.

The non-response rate for Household Five Year Mobility Indicator (MV5D) was 2.9% in 2011.

For more information see the data quality statements for Usual Address Indicator Census Night (UAICP), Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator (UAI1P) and Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator (UAI5P).

More information on MV5D is available in the 2011 Census Dictionary (cat. no. 2901.0).

Questions as they appeared on the 2011 Census Household Form

This variable is derived from questions 8, 9 and 10 on the Census Household Form.




Text only versions of these questions are available

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