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Family relocation research you can inspect and use
Our research turns scattered school fees, family budgets and immigration rules into comparable datasets. Every published resource includes its assumptions, dated sources and downloadable data, so you can follow the evidence rather than trust a mystery score.
Current edition 2026 Q3 · checked 11 September 2026
Published now
Three datasets built around family decisions
These are planning comparisons, not league tables. Each one keeps important differences visible instead of compressing a complicated move into one number.
Southeast Asia Family Cost Index
Compare 10 realistic city budgets for a family of four with one international-school place.
PublishedInternational School First-Year Cost Tracker
Compare disclosed tuition and joining charges for 44 schools across 12 family markets.
PublishedFamily Visa and Spouse Work-Rights Matrix
Keep family residence, local work and dependency risk separate across 15 common routes.
What every dataset includes
Useful enough to check, share and challenge
Original research earns trust only when readers can see how it was made and where its limitations sit.
A stable research question
The family model, year group, visa activity or other comparison basis is stated before the findings.
A dated source register
Each material input points to the responsible authority, school, provider or evidence page and carries a review date.
Reusable formats
Every published dataset has a permanent webpage and PDF; structured comparisons also have CSV and an embeddable graphic.
A maintenance promise
Quarterly or annual review dates are published in advance, with important rule changes handled between scheduled editions.
Collecting evidence · not yet published
Family Relocation Friction Report
We will publish this only when the anonymous quiz and coded enquiry dataset is large enough to show meaningful patterns. Early visitors are not a representative sample of every relocating family, so there will be no premature percentages or invented findings.
- Minimum usable responses
- 500 in a rolling 12-month period
- Destination coverage
- At least 50 usable responses for every destination reported
- Small-group protection
- No reported cell below 20; no names, contact details or free text
- Planned cadence
- Annual once the thresholds are met