Enhancing Migration Statistics in Tunisia: Learnings from 2014 Census

1. Economic Commission for Europe Work Session on Migration Statistics Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 10-12 September 2014 Measuring International Migration through census 2014 in Tunisia: what improvements have been adopted? Nadia Touihri Senior Director of Statistics and Social Studies National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia Touihri.nadia@ins.tn

2. Plan Introduction Main sources of data How to measure migration through the labor force survey How to measure migration throughCensus Improvementadopted in Census 2014 General results Conclusion

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8. 1. Introduction • The migratory context in Tunisia after the revolution has been characterized by : • a massive departure of Tunisian youth to Europe • a massive exodus of Tunisian and foreign workers from Libya to Tunisia, • exile of Libyan families as a result of conflicts in Libya • The new context has had a political, economic and social impact on Tunisian society Urgent need for informations to makedecision

9. 2. Main sources of data • The main sources of information on international Migration (Emigration and Immigration) in the Institute is: • Census • Housholdsurveys • Administrative Sources

10. 3. How to measure migration through the labor force survey • Insertion of modules to measure migration starting in 2001 • Migration measured once a year • Sample size 45000 hh • Periodicity : one year for collecting information about migration • Representativeat national level

11. Sample 2005 Sample2006 Sub -sample to analyze migration

13. Forleaving people « are there, among the listedpersonsduringyear Y-1, one whoquit the household and considered as non residentwith the householdduring the Year Y » Yes orNo, if yes: • Ordernumber in the hhduring Y-1 • Name and surname • Date of departure (month, Year) • Raison for emigration • Country of destination • Socio-economiccharecteristics are collected in the year Y-1

14. ForEntering people • « Are thereamong the idividualslisted in this questionnaire, one whowas not member of the householdduring the year Y-1 » ifYes orNo, if yes: • Reason for immigration • Country of origin • CurrentSocio-economiccharecteristics

15. Limits • Small sample for a rare phenomen • Can’tgetestimatesatsmaller level • Unknown situation beforeentering for immigrants • Unknown situation afterdeparture for Emigrants • Advantages • It didn’trecall interviewer s memory, based on the list of individuals • An important source of data on migration which provide annual information and estimate on migrants (number of migrants and net migration at national level)

16. 4. How to measure migration through the Census • History of censuses in Tunisia 06 / 03 / 1921 20 / 04 / 1926 22 / 03 / 1931 12 / 03 / 1936 01 / 11 / 1946 01 / 02 / 1956 03 / 05 / 1966 08 / 05 / 1975 30 / 03 / 1984 20 / 04 / 1994 28 / 04 / 2004 23 / 04 / 2014

17. Tunisian population census represents a snapshot of a population resident in the country at a given point in time (23, April 2014, round 2010) • Periodicity : 10 years • face to face interview • Mini census to update censusdatabasebetweentwocensus • Emigration module introduced in round 2000 ( census 2004)

18. Immigration Module in Census 2014 ” In April 2009, were you resident in this housing unit?” if “no”, the following variables are collected: • Country of origin • Year of arrival (new variable introduced in 2014 census) • Reasons for move Nationality, and Actualsocio-economiccharecteristics of immigrant are alsocollected

19. Census 2014 allows the identification of: • Immigrant stock • The foreign-born population • The foreign population born in Tunisia • The foreign population resident • Return migrants

20. Emigration Module in Census 2014 “are there any members of your household who reside currently (the reference day of the census) outside Tunisia, and was resident in this household in April 2004?”. • Relationship with the head of household • Gender • Year of migration • Reason for migration ( same reasons cited for immigration module ) • Country of destination • Level of education before departure (new variable introduced in 2014 census)

21. 5. Improvementadopted in Census 2014 • Improvingenumerator training tools by focusing only on practical and operational issues. • Providing a full explanation to enumerators about the migratory context and its concepts, • Emphasizing the urgent need of decision makers for such information in Tunisia • Choosing good position and sequence of items within the census: the migration modules appears in the 7th position among 14

22. Formulating easy and clearly worded questions • Meeting with national partners working on migration issues in order to revise the migration modules, they expressed a need to include additional variables on both modules, such as : • Detailed reasons for move (13 reasons instead of 6 in census 2004) , to capture special category of migrants, such as irregular migrants, those with expired visas, forced migrants, etc. • Emigration module:“education level before migration • Immigration: year of arrival,

23. 6. General Results • Net migration from 2004 Population Census and 2009 survey • Net migration fromlabor force survey

24. 7. Conclusion • Population census is a best source for collecting data on the immigrant stock and its characteristics, it provide an extent of information rarely available from other data sources. • Although it has drawbacks, detecting emigration through census modules was an important source of information to study the migration flows over a period of 5 years • Special survey needs to be undertaken to cover migration aspect that could not be covered by population Census ( emigrant profile, situation after emigration,….) • Med- Hims ( Mediterranean Household International Survey) opportunity to accomplish the migration picture

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