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MIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIA

February 15-17, 2010 , Bishkek. MIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIA. Armine Avetisyan. Армине Аветисян. Armenian Population. CENSUS- 2001. WOMEN. MEN. 85+ 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4. thousand. thousand.

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MIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIA

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  1. February 15-17, 2010 , Bishkek MIGRATION STATISTICS IN ARMENIA Armine Avetisyan Армине Аветисян

  2. Armenian Population CENSUS-2001 WOMEN MEN 85+ 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 thousand thousand present permanent

  3. 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))

  4. SAMPLING STUDY OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MIGRATION Tasks and objectives Questionnaire content Sampling methodology Major concepts and definitions Data collection issues Challenges Migration and economy

  5. 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: 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

  6. 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 Armenia 6. Staying abroad 7. Staying in another locality of Armenia 8. Immigrating from abroad 9. Immigrating from another locality of Armenia

  7. 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 ) cities villages 27 54 48 12 Including in Yerevan Number of strata 1 1 1 1

  8. Total number of households and percentage of their spreading throughout the territory of Armenia 2500 8.5 5.4 7.9 + 1686 814 urban rural 5.3 7.6 6.8 35.1 7.2 7.3 Yerevan Aragatsotn Ararat Armavir Gegarkunik Lory Krtayk Shirak Sunik Vaiots Dzor Tavush 3.4 5.5

  9. Major 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

  10. ISSUES: Objective Location of selected households (non-existing addresses, front doors locked by combination locks……..) Subjective Human factor (actual and legal members of households, incomes......)

  11. Challenges: 2011 POPULATION CENSUS WILL TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER FROM 12 TO21 TENTATIVE CANSUS WILL TAKE PLACE IN APRILFROM 14 TO 23, 2010 POPULATION REGISTER (Law was passed in 2005) It secures rights of the population to: Free migration Selecting place for residence Registration by place of residence

  12. Scopes of External Migration 2.8% immigrants 67.1% emigrants 30.1% re-emigrants Emigrants: 22% women 78% men

  13. CITIZENSHIP 0.4%don’t have it 4%Iran 5.4%other countries 8% not answered 8%Ukraine 8%Iraq 8%RF 16%USA 94.2%Armenia 28%Syria 28%Georgia Immigrants Emigrants

  14. Emigrants provided Financial support yes no 18.3% 81.7% 85.6% banking system 12.7% With the assistance of friends, acquaintances 1.7% other

  15. Emigrants’ remittances were aimed at: 2 3 5.2 17.6 46.6 13.5 1 4 9.8 2.6 3.7 5 6 9 8 7 0.4 0.6 1 .Current expenses of households 2 .Actions and other objectives 3 .Domestic household needs 4 .Social needs (med. treatment, education) 5 .Procuring assets 6 . Procuring real estate 7 .Investments into production/business 8 .Financial investments 9 .Other purposes

  16. Re-emigrants’ Savings 42.2%had 57.8%didn’t have Provided Financial Support 65.8% banking system 27.9% with friends’, acquaintances’ assistance 6.3 % Other

  17. Remittances were aimed at: 2 3 8.2 14.3 43.9 15.8 1 4 5.1 6.6 2.0 3.6 5 6 9 8 7 0.5 9.8 1 .Current expenses of households 2 .Actions and other objectives 3 .Domestic household needs 4 .Social needs (med. treatment, education) 5 .Procuring assets 6 . Procuring real estate 7 .Investments into production/business 8 .Financial investments 9 .Other purposes

  18. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION Armine Avetisyan

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