Variable: Freedom of Domestic Movement

QoG Code: (ciri_dommov)


Dataset: The CIRIGHTS Data project

Description:

Freedom of domestic movement is the freedom to travel within one’s country, regardless of political views or activities, religious beliefs, ethnicity, marital status, and/or gender. Some countries strictly monitor all or nearly all citizens’ internal movements, require citizens to notify local officials of their whereabouts or must get their permission to move, or require citizens to carry paperwork such as national ID cards to move within the country.

Scoring Scheme:
Domestic travel is:
(0) Severely Restricted
(1) Somewhat Restricted
(2) Unrestricted

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-11-06


Categories:

Judicial Migration


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 195
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 195
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1981-2021
Basic time-series: 1981-2021
OECD time-series: 1981-2021

This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1981 to the year 2021