I’m trying to analyze the reasons that people leave the New York-New Jersey metro area (METFIPS=35620) for another state (MIGRATE1=5) and I’m finding that the WHYMOVE variable in the AESEC within CPS is incredibly volatile. I know that this is a smaller sample size, and as we drill down into more granular geographic areas, we’ll get some volatility, but these numbers seem really wild. Can anyone offer any context here or an alternative?
whymove (4).csv (6.3 KB)