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Albanian Migration Surveys: Examples and Challenges

This article discusses the recent sources of migration statistics in Albania, including the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS), Census data, and the Bank of Albania LSMS. It highlights the main objectives of LSMS, such as measuring welfare and assessing social costs, and its role in monitoring progress towards poverty reduction and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The article also provides an overview of the information collected in LSMS, including internal and international migration, partner and children migration, and the Census data on migration. It emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages of LSMS in collecting detailed migration information and suggests future challenges in improving migration surveys in Albania.

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Albanian Migration Surveys: Examples and Challenges

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  1. MIGRATION STATISTICS “Albanian specific examples of migration surveys” Ruzhdie Bici 17 October 2012

  2. Recent source of Migration • LSMS 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012 • Census 2001, 2011 • Bank of Albania

  3. LSMS • The main objective of LSMS is to collect information for the construction of measuring welfare and identify factors that determine it. Welfare usually is measured by the aggregate consumer, providing information on the level and distribution of poverty in the country. • LSMS is also a powerful tool for assessing and determining the social costs. • It provides a baseline for monitored the progress in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). • It provides a continuity of social indicators

  4. Living Standard Measurement Survey-LSMS • This Survey collet information for demograhphic indicators, computer use, employment, education, social capital, income, social protection, subjective poverty, health, fertility, non food purchases, information for agriculture, migration and a detailed information for dwelling, access in basic needs and durables. • Information on population movement within and outside the country

  5. Module 6A Internal migration of household members • In the internal migration, we find out the place of birth of the person, country he lived before 1990, previously residend in other municipality, reason of movement, other movement.

  6. Part B- International migration • In the international migration of the family members it collect information for latest migration, if have migrated, How long stayed abroad, Reason of migrated abroad • Country • year • Did you work • Information about partner or children • Reason of returning • Plans to migrate again • Other years migrated between time, legal residence, working legalilly, the main reason for migration, primary source funding, the state in which the person has migrated, etc. The same information collected for latest migration is also for first migration.

  7. Part C- Partner and children • In the spouse/children migration part, obtain information for his / her spouse and children 15 years and older who are members of the family, but no longer live in the family, that have migrated within the country and abroad. (Includes all children of the head and the partner) . • Age, Sex, Eucation, foreign languages,country, what we as doing when he left hh, remittances

  8. Census 2011 on migration • Non-resident population • Persons live abroad for 12 months or more • Resident population (Detailed information for returns migrant) • Place of birth (Municipality or country abroad) • Place of usual residence • Place of last usual residence • Year • Reason

  9. Internal migration

  10. Internal migration Fig. 2: Internal migration from rural area by area of destination (2008) 16,000 12,000 number 8,000 4,000 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 year first move 1 Tirana_urban 2 Other urbane 3 Rural

  11. Internal Migration • Mainly from rural • These demographic trends have strongly influenced the structure of the age and gender ofregional population in Albania. • Not only male phenomenon • The internal movements mainly are to have a job, a better education level and to have more access in schools and hospitals.

  12. Source: Bank of Albania (2008) The volume of remittances compared to HDI, Trade deficit, foreign aid

  13. The migration was a solution for poverty and employment.   • The primary destination countries for Albanian migrants are neighbouring • Working in low-skilled and informal economy sectors (male Albanian emigrants are mainly engaged in construction or agriculture, whereas women are employed in domestic work). • Problem new age migrations and higher educated

  14. Advantages and disavantages • LSMS collect detailed information about migration • Have comparable data by years • It creates the possibility of disaggregation with other social indicators • It have another purpose not migration • The level of disaggregation in country level and by 4-regions • It is difficult to have all migrant population, it can’t be interview hh that are all members abroad

  15. Future challenges • Making a new survey for migration • Incorporate a migration module in the existing household surveys • Keeping comparability with existing data sources

  16. Thank you!

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