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Joint UNECE / EUROSTAT Work Session on Migration Statistics. Edinburgh, 20 – 22 November 2006. Measuring emigration through a census emigration module . Habib FOURATI Institut National de la Statistique (Tunisia). Reference dates at total population of Tunisian population censuses.
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Joint UNECE / EUROSTAT Work Sessionon Migration Statistics Edinburgh, 20 – 22 November 2006 Measuring emigrationthrough a census emigration module Habib FOURATIInstitut National de la Statistique (Tunisia)
Reference dates at total population of Tunisian population censuses 06 / 03 / 1921 20 / 04 / 1926 22 / 03 / 1931 12 / 03 / 1936 01 / 11 / 1946 01 / 02 / 1956 2.093.939 2.159.708 2.410.692 2.608.313 3.230.952 3.783.169 03 / 05 / 1966 08 / 05 / 1975 30 / 03 / 1984 20 / 04 / 1994 28 / 04 / 2004 4.533.351 5.588.209 6.966.173 8.785.364 9.910.872
* Measuring immigration of Tunisians and Foreignersthrough several questions in the individual form in the Population Census 2004 (RGPH 2004): • Country of birth • Country of citizenship • Country of residence in April 1999 (i.e. 5 years before the census date) • Main reason of immigration (occupation, education, marriage, family reunification, definitive return, ...)
* Measuring emigration of Tunisians through an emigration module: Identification of each person residing abroad who is member of a family nucleus and was residing within an household in April 1999 • Each household consists of one or more family nuclei • The family nucleus is composed of: • - Couple with children • Couple without children • Mother widowed or divorced with children • Woman widowed or divorced wihout children • Father widow or divorced with children • Man widow or divorced without children
Q. VII.a Emigration: Is there a parent actually residing abroad who is member of a family nucleus and was residing within the household in April 1999 ? YES - NO
Table 1: Tunisian immigrants by age group and sex, April 1999 – April 2004
Age pyramid of Tunisian immigrantsbetween April 1999 and April 2004 Sex Female Sex Male
Table 2: Tunisian emigrants by age group and sex, April 1999 – April 2004
Age pyramid of Tunisian emigrantsbetween April 1999 and April 2004 Sex Female Sex Male
Table 3: Net migration by age group and sex, April 1999 – April 2004
Table4: Tunisian immigrants and emigrants by country of origin / destination, April 1999 – April 2004
Table5: Tunisian immigrants and emigrants bymain reason of migration, April 1999 – April 2004
C O N C L U S I O N S • * Total coverage of immigration • Tunisians ( 17766 ) • Foreigners ( 10696, of which 5913 men and 4783 women) • * Almost total coverage of emigration of Tunisians • * Very partial coverage of emigration of Foreigners