MIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIAMIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIA

Армине Аветисян

February 15-17, 2010 , Bishkek

Armine Avetisyan

Armenian Population

200 150 100 50 0

present permanent

MEN WOMEN

thousand

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0 50 100 150 200

thousand

BEST SEVEN !BEST SEVEN !External Migration Process Research, 1991-1998

RA Trans-border passenger flows research

Sampling study of incoming and outgoing migrants

Sampling study of passenger transit at controlling and crossing points

Labor migration in Armenia

Sampling study of external and internal migration

Sampling study of labor migration (in progress))

Tasks and objectives

Questionnaire content

Sampling methodology

Major concepts and definitions

Challenges

Migration and economy

Data collection issues

SAMPLING STUDY OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MIGRATION

Objectives:Objectives:Alternative collection of information by characteristics of external and internal migration alongside with current statistics during the period from 2002 to 2007 as well as clarification and analysis of the major factors effecting migration processes.

Major Tasks:Major Tasks:Assessment of external and internal migration from 2002 to 2007, Social and demographic characteristics of migrants

Identification of actual scopes of migrants flows from Armenia starting from post-census period and changes thereof

Data collection by scopes of labor migration, re-emigration tendencies and other statistical characteristics of migrants

Questionnaire Summary Section 1: Questions to identify qualitative and quantitative characteristics of family migrations of researched households

Section 2: Questions referred to people, who have ever lived in the given household

Section 3: Questions referred to people who, have been in migration starting from 2002

Section 4-9: For certain types of migrants:

4. Returned from abroad 5. Returned from another locality in Armenia6. Staying abroad7. Staying in another locality of Armenia 8. Immigrating from abroad9. Immigrating from another locality of Armenia

Sampling methodology(based on address databases created on population census of 2001 outcomes under World Bank’s

technical assistance, with application of stratification sampling method )

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Total number of households and percentage of their spreading throughout the territory of Armenia

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25005.4

3.4

5.5

7.9

8.5

35.1 6.8

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YerevanAragatsotnAraratArmavirGegarkunikLoryKrtaykShirakSunikVaiots DzorTavush

Major Concepts and DefinitionsMajor Concepts and Definitions

External migration of the population

Migrant

Returned migrant (re-emigrant)

Emigrant

Immigrant

Labor migrant

Migrant returned from another locality of Armenia

Migrant staying in another locality of Armenia

Migrant arriving from another locality of Armenia

Persons without citizenship

ISSUES:ISSUES:

Objective

Subjective

Location of selected households (non-existing addresses, front doors locked by combination locks……..)

Human factor (actual and legal members of households, incomes......)

Challenges:Challenges:2011 POPULATION CENSUS 2011 POPULATION CENSUS

POPULATION REGISTER POPULATION REGISTER (Law was passed in 2005)

It secures rights of the population to:

TENTATIVE CANSUS WILL TAKE PLACE IN APRILWILL TAKE PLACE IN APRIL FROM FROM 14 14 TOTO 23 23, 2010 , 2010

WILL TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER WILL TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER FROMFROM 1 12 TO2 TO 2121

Free migration Free migration

Selecting place for residence Selecting place for residence

Registration by place of residence Registration by place of residence

Scopes of External MigrationScopes of External Migration

67.1% emigrants

2.8% immigrants

30.1% re-emigrants

78% men

Emigrants:

22%women

CITIZENSHIP

28% Georgia

16% USA

8% RF

8% Iraq

8% Ukraine

4% Iran

28% Syria

8% not answered

94.2%Armenia

5.4%other countries

0.4% don’t have it

EmigrantsEmigrants ImmigrantsImmigrants

Emigrants providedEmigrants provided

Financial supportFinancial support

yes no

85.6% banking system

12.7%

With the assistance

of friends,

acquaintances

1.7%other

81.7% 18.3%

46.6

5.217.6

13.5

9.83.72.6

0.4 0.6

Emigrants’ remittances were aimed at:Emigrants’ remittances were aimed at:

1

23

4

569

1 . Current expenses of households 2 . Actions and other objectives3 . Domestic household needs4 . Social needs (med. treatment, education)5 . Procuring assets

6 . Procuring real estate7 . Investments into production/business8 .Financial investments9 . Other purposes

8 7

Re-emigrants’ SavingsRe-emigrants’ Savings

27.9% with friends’, acquaintances’ assistance

6.3 %Other

Provided Financial SupportProvided Financial Support

57.8% didn’t have42.2% had

65.8% banking system

43.9

8.214.3

15.8

9.8

2.03.6

0.5

Remittances were aimed at:Remittances were aimed at:

1

23

4

569 8 7

5.16.6

1 . Current expenses of households 2 . Actions and other objectives3 . Domestic household needs4 . Social needs (med. treatment, education)5 . Procuring assets

6 . Procuring real estate7 . Investments into production/business8 .Financial investments9 . Other purposes

Armine Avetisyan

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