Producing migration data using household surveys Experience of the Republic of Moldova

Producing migration data usinghousehold surveys

Experience of the Republic of Moldova

UNECE Work Session on Migration Statistics, Geneva, 17-19 October 2012

Household migration surveys

Labour force survey (LFS) – quarterly continuously survey

Labour force migration - ad hoc module to LFS, 2008

Labour force migration - ad hoc module to LFS, 2012


Labour force survey (1)

Sample The sample size is of 12000 households per quarter

Population Resident population of the country living in private households

(at domestic addresses) Persons aged 15 years and above

Survey tools: Dwelling Questionnaire Individual Questionnaire for persons aged 15 years +



Dwelling Questionnaire

All members of the selected households are being registered in dwelling questionnaire, including those who are absent at the moment of interview for a long period of time (more than 1 year), if they keep family relations with the household they are a part of it



Dwelling Questionnaire – Collected information (Question no.1)

a) Participation (of the households) in the survey:• accepts the interview• existing household, impossible to be contacted• contacted household refusing to be interviewed• long term absent household• household left abroad



Dwelling Questionnaire – collected information (Question no.2)b) Presence of the household’s members at the moment of interview:1. present 2. temporary absent, gone to another locality within the country

temporary absent, left abroad for less than 1 year (1): 3. for studies 4. for work 5. looking for a job 6. other reasons

temporary absent, left abroad for 1 year and more (1): 7. for studies 8. for work 9. looking for a job10. other reasons

(1) Information is provided by the other members of the households who are present in the households



Definition of labour migration in the frame of LFS:

Number of persons who are declared by the households as

“being abroad for work or looking for a job”. This information

presents the situation at the moment of interview.

Information is disaggregated by: sex, areas, age groups,

level of the education, citizenship, marital status, relationship

with the head of the household, country of destination and

duration of the absence (less than 1 year, more than 1 year).


Labour force migration, 2nd quarter 2008 (1)(ad-hoc module to LFS)

Technical assistance

Project “Elimination of human trafficking from Moldova and

Ukraine through labour market based measures”,

implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO

Statistical Office and the SAP-FL - Special Plan of Actions

for Combating Forced Labour) jointly with the International

Centre for Migration Policy Development and in partnership

with the Ministry of Economy and Trade of the republic of

Moldova


Labour force migration, 2008 (2)

The purpose of the module was to obtain additional

characteristics concerning the persons who left abroad for

work or in search of work, such as: reason for leaving,

channels for labour migration, migration costs, ways to look

for a job and working conditions, residence status in the

destination country, occupation, status in employment and

industry of the job abroad, working relations, social

protection, problems faced, assistance sought, remittances

etc.



SampleThe sample size was of about 13700 households

The survey sample comprised:- the basic LFS sample for the 2nd quarter of 2008, and- the sub-sample of households that in 2007 had at least one member

abroad working or looking for work. In total, 12,430 households took part in the survey.

Data from 5,730 persons who “at the moment of the interview or during the last 12 months prior to the interview, were abroad, for work or looking for job” were collected.



PopulationResident population of the country living in private

households (at domestic addresses)Persons aged 15 years and over

Survey tools:Dwelling QuestionnaireIndividual Questionnaires for persons aged 15 years +



Individual Questionnaires:

Questionnaire for “absent migrants” (LFM-A) – persons who were

absent in the household at the moment of the interview, and the

reason of absence being “working or looking for a job abroad”.

Questionnaire for “returned migrants” (LFM-C) – persons who at the

moment of the interview were in the household and who stated that

during the last 12 months prior to the they worked or looking for a job

abroad.



Definition of labour migration in the frame of LFM Survey:

“Migrants”, according to the survey methodology, are

considered all persons who at the moment of the interview

are abroad, working or looking for a job, or worked or

looked for a job during the last 12 months prior to the

interview.


Labour force migration, 4th quarter 2012 (1) (ad-hoc module to LFS)

Technical assistance

ILO Project “Effective Governance of Labour Migration

and its Skills Dimensions”

ILO Department of Statistics

UN Joint Project “Strengthening the national statistical

system of the Republic of Moldova”


Labour force migration 2012 (2)

The main goal of the module is to provide information on labour

migration and its skills dimension (some aspects).

The purposes are:

Providing information on the skills composition (linked to related

characteristics) of migration flow for analysing and evaluation of its

(migration) impact on potential of country skills and competences;

Using the data collected for the design of legal labour migration

schemes (to build result-based monitoring and evaluation systems).




Sample: The sample size is of 12000 households per quarter (LFS sample)

Population Resident population of the country living in private households (at

domestic addresses)

The target population: all members of households aged 15 - 64 years,

including a) current and returned migrants, as well b) potential migrants.

Different questionnaires are applied for these three categories.

Survey tools:

Individual Questionnaires for persons aged 15 – 64 years


Individual Questionnaires:

Questionnaire for “absent migrants” (LFM-A) – persons who are

absent in the household at the moment of the interview, the reason

of absence being “staying abroad” including “work or looking for a

job”

Questionnaire for “returned migrants” (LFM-C) – persons who are in

the household at the moment of the interview and who have been

abroad during the last 24 months prior to the interview, working or

looking for a job

Questionnaire for “potential migrants” (LFM-B)



Definition of labour migration in the frame of LFM Survey:

“Migrants”, according to the survey methodology, are

considered all persons who are abroad, working or looking

for a job, at the moment of the interview or those were

abroad during the last 24 months prior to the interview.



The questions in the questionnaires are arranged into four sections, with indications of the target population:

A. Characteristics before the current/last trip abroad

B. Characteristics during the current/last trip abroad

C. Characteristics after return to Moldova

D. Intention to migrate



A.Characteristics before the current/last trip abroad (items)

destination country, duration of staying in that country, reasons for trip,

educational attainment, field of study, other training before last trip,

type of training attended, language proficiency, main activity prior to

departure, activity status before current/last trip, job search before

current/last trip, duration of job search, occupation of last job, industry

of last job, status in employment in last job, reasons for stopping last

job, reason to look for work/work abroad, intended industry of work

abroad



B.Characteristics during the current/last trip abroad

education and training during current/last trip, kind of education /

training, field of study, equivalency of studies sought/received,

duration of job search abroad, usual working hours per week,

occupation, industry, status in employment, type of labour relations,

social protection, wishing recognizing the qualifications, volume of

monthly remittances, their main using, including investment in

education and training, average monthly earnings, legal status in

destination country



C.Characteristics after return to Moldova

main reason of returning to Moldova

D. Intention to migrate

intention to migrate, intended place of destination, intended purpose of

trip, intention to work, intended duration of trip, concrete plans to

undertake travel abroad, networks abroad, training in the last 12

months, type of training attend, field (subject) of study, some general

information regarding respondents knowledge about legal ways to

migrate for work



Skills dimension

To estimate the „skills dimension” of migration the

European Classification of Fields of Education and Training,

described in the “Fields of Education and Training Manual” (Eurostat,

December 1999) is used.


Thank you for your attention!

Elena VATCARAU

Labour Market Statistics Division

National Bureau of Statistics

Republic of Moldova

[email protected]

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