Bishkek Mountain Summit 2002 / October 30th

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The geographical dimension of the Population
Census and its contribution to the analysis of
migration Werner Haug Swiss Federal Statistical
Office
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Migration and territorial development
Migration is linked to a number of socio-economic
and territorial factors like agricultural and
industrial employment, educational level,
urban-rural differentiations, infrastructure etc.
Altitude and remoteness play a particular role
in Central Asian countries where a large part of
the population lives in mountainous and semi-arid
areas.
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The contribution of Population Censuses

• Population Censuses are a unique occasion to
  identify the regional patterns of migration in
  connection with the specific territorial make up
  of a country and related ecological and cultural
  differences.

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Preconditions and tools

• Digitizing of internal and external borders
• Coding of administrative units
• Tracking of territorial changes since the last
  Census
• Definition of urban and rural areas
• Creation of a harmonised database from different
  Censuses
• Creation of an altitude and remoteness database
  (or other ecological indicators)
• Preparation of thematic maps by oblast, rayon,
  communes and villages
• Modelling of migration flows

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Mountain Atlas of Kyrgyzstan Edited by the
National Statistical Committee, Bishkek, 2003,
with the support of Goscartography, the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology and the Swiss
Development Cooperation

• Economy
• Land ownership
• Livestock
• Land use

• Population evolution
• Demography
• Migration and nationalities
• Economic activity
• Living conditions
• Public and private services

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Digitizing Borders and introducing ecological
variables
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Comparability of administrative and political
units between Censuses
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Apply regional analysis to annual data between
Census years
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Understand the contribution of net migration to
population growth and decline
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Understand interregional migration flows based on
the Census question about place of residence 5
years ago
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Source Kudabaev, Schuler, Torgashowa