Migration and the changing social economy of Windhoek, Namibia

Figures & data

Figure 1: Conceptual framework – reciprocal migration and livelihoods

Table 1: Incidence of household receiving food from relatives and friends in the rural areas over the past year (2000)

	Receive food from relatives		Receive food from friends
	N	%	N	%
Yes	190	62	11	4
No	115	38	294	96
Total	305	100	305	100

Table 2: Type of food people report receiving from the rural areas (2000)

Food type	N	%
Pearl millet (mahangu)	150	42
Other cereals	13	4
Meat and fish	31	9
Commercial foods	14	4
Wild foods	147	41
Total	355∗	100
∗Note that multiple respondents were possible, hence N = 355.

Table 3: Amount of millet received the last time by people in household (2000)

Amount	N	%
1–4 kg	51	27
5–9 kg	26	14
10–19 kg	64	34
20–50 kg	48	26
Total	189	100

Table 4: Importance of food sent from the rural areas to urban households (2000)

How important is this food to the household?	N	%
Not important at all	1	1
Somewhat important	15	8
Important	50	26
Very important	104	55
Critical to our survival	20	11
Total	190	100

Table 5: Reasons why children are sent to live with relatives (2000)

Reasons	N	%∗
Not enough money to provide for them	81	35
No schools in Windhoek for them	29	12
Not enough time to look after them properly	44	19
∗Column percentage not equal to 100 as multiple responses possible.