Abstract #301002

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301002
Activity Number: 322
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301002
Title: Steps Toward a North American Migration Survey: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Census Bureau's Migrant Life History Project
Author(s): Kevin Deardorff*+ and Kaari Flagstad Baluja and Maritsa Poros
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 5903 Mount Eagle Dr. #706, Alexandria, VA, 22303-2528,
Keywords: survey ; migration ; qualitative interviews ; life history ; nativity questions
Abstract:

This paper presents preliminary research sponsored by the Census Bureau and the Immigration and Naturalization Service to evaluate and improve the quality of existing nativity questions on Census surveys. This research is the first step in the development of a North American Migration Survey to be fielded jointly in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The project uses life history interviews to examine flows, characteristics, and experiences of migrants representing top sending countries of recent migration and diverse types of migration flows and experiences. Data from life history interviews of Mexicans and of migrants from other sending countries are presented in an effort to construct survey questions for a North American Migration Survey. Those questions will reflect themes collected in the life history interviews (histories of migration, education, work, household change, and health). Additionally, this project will identify areas of difficulty associated with fielding a survey administered to migrants from a variety of countries, including issues of translation and cross-cultural understanding. The scope, content, and a preliminary draft of the Survey will also be presented.

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