Suitland Working Group Questionnaire Repository Project David Thorogood

Suitland Working Group: Questionnaire Repository Project David Thorogood Eurostat European Commission

Questionnaire repository project To create a web-based repository containing questions and question modules from censuses and surveys that have been used to collect data on migration, the characteristics of migrant populations, and migration-related topics, including remittances.

Purposes of the project • A repository to facilitate the sharing of information on survey questions that have been used by different institutions and countries • Avoiding duplication of work - allowing institutions to benefit from developments made elsewhere • Promoting use of common variables, concepts and definitions – resulting in more comparable statistics

Categories of migration-related questions • Identifying migration-related groups and subgroups in the population • Country of birth, citizenship • Parents’ country of birth, length of residence in destination country. . . • Proving specific migration-relevant information on the characteristics of respondents • Language ability, discrimination, barriers to labour market access. . .

PROMINSTAT project: Promoting Comparative Quantitative Research in the Field of Migration and Integration in Europe • Funded under the European Commission’s 6 th Framework Programme • 2007 -2010 • Covered the EU 27 plus Norway and Switzerland • Coordinated by ICMPD • 18 partner organisations • Experts in other organisations • Advisory Board • UNECE • European Commission

PROMINSTAT outputs – organised under three main pillars • Country reports – systems for migration statistics, data collection, practices • Database of metainformation on migrationrelated datasets • Thematic working papers Broad approach – migration flows, foreign population, residence permits, acquisition and loss of citizenship, asylum seekers and refugees, unauthorised migration, employment, income, social benefits, housing, access to healthcare, education, political participation, crime and justice

Example of the use of the PROMINSTAT database Language questions for the 2014 LFS ad hoc module on migrants and their immediate descendants Preparing examples of possible questions for discussion by the Task Force working on the module

PROMINSTAT – further information Project website www. prominstat. eu PROMINSTAT database www. prominstat. eu/prominstat/database/

Further work on migration questions • Further work • Core variables on migration for all surveys? • Harmonised recommended variables for less frequent use or for inclusion in migrant modules?

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