Efforts to Improve International Migration Statistics

A Historical Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID11386136
AuthorsEllen Percy Kraly (Colgate University, corresponding author), K S Gnanasekaran (Statistical Office, United Nations)
Year1987
Volume21
Issue4
Pages967-995
Publication date1987-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/019791838702100404
PMID12280924
OpenAlexW2032330117
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited4

During the past decade the international statistical community has made several efforts to develop standards for the definition, collection and publication of statistics on international migration. This article surveys the history of official initiatives to standardize international migration statistics by reviewing the recommendations of the ISI, International Labor Organization and the United Nations and reports a recently proposed agenda for moving toward comparability among national statistical systems

Comparability · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · International community · International comparisons · Official statistics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Statistical analysis · Statistics · Census and Population Estimation · Computer Science · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma

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