Instructions to Download the MMP Data Files

ACCESS

ALL files contained in the MMP website are available for public use. We have taken measures to ensure the confidentiality of our respondents. However, to further ensure the confidentiality of our data, we request that you fill out a registration form prior to downloading the files. By submiting the registration form you agree to:

  1. Use the data contained only for research or educational purposes
  2. Not try to identify any individual, household or migrant community
  3. Not give access to your copy of the MMP database to other users who do not agree to respect these confidentiality terms.

(Note: We suggest that you recommend for everyone who wants to use the MMP database to visit our website in order to download their own copy)

DOWNLOAD

Once you click the link below you will be taken to the OPR's Data Archive page for the MMP, from where you will login or register as a user of the data archive.

   OPR's Data Archive

To download double click on the file of your choice. A pop-up window will allow you to save the file to a folder of your choice on your computer.  If you have trouble downloading our datasets, please do not hesitate to contact us.

OPEN FILE

We have compressed the files using the "zip" program. A common unzip utility for Windows is WinZip which you can download from the web. Follow this link to install WinZip on your computer (make sure you don't already have WinZip installed):

WinZip link

FILE EXTENSIONS

Some files have been compressed, their name extensions have changed. Below is a chart of the corresponding extension names for compressed and uncompressed files :
 

Operating System
Files
File Format
File name extension
compressed
uncompressed
PC/UNIX
Core, Community, and Environmental files
SAS transport
tpt.zip
.tpt
SPSS portable
por.zip
.por
Stata
-
.dta
National-Level files
SAS transport
-
.tpt
SPSS portable
-
.por
Excel
-
.xls
MSA-Level files
ASCII
ascii.zip
.dat
SPSS export
.exp.zip
.exp