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Standard Questions on International Migration: Guidance note for the use in population censuses and household surveys
This note provides guidance for improving the quality and comparability of international migration statistics collected through national population censuses and household surveys. It was prepared on the basis of a...
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UN National census questions repository
A database on how national censuses ask questions related to international migration. This portal disseminates questions asked by national population censuses, carried out since 2005, for selected characteristics,...
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Technical Brief on the Implications of COVID-19 on Census
As the world grapples with the spread of COVID-19, UNFPA must address the implications of the outbreak on preparations and implementation of the 2020 census round. With 150 countries (including 85 UNFPA programme ...
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UN Handbook on Measuring International Migration through Population Censuses
This handbook explores how population censuses can be manipulated in order to extract international migration figures. There are not only sections that present relevant definitions needed to harmonise migratory da...
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5 recommendations to improve data for safe, orderly and regular migration
It is widely acknowledged that there is a paucity of basic data on international migration and that existing data are not fully utilized or shared. On many occasions, the UN General Assembly has called for reliabl...
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A global programme for strengthening migration data: Five key actions
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Mexico-US migration: What can data tell us?
Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, shares his views on data and migration between the US and Mexico. This interview took place during first International Forum on Mi...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data from population censuses
Sabrina Juran, Technical Specialist for Data and Research at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), shares her views on the benefits and limitations of data from population censuses.
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