JOINT UN-ECE/EUROSTAT WORK SESSION ON MIGRATION STATISTICS GENEVA, APRIL 2010 MEASURING MIGRATION IN THE UK AND ALBANIAN CENSUSES IAN WHITE, Office for National Statistics, UNITED KNGDOM

MEASURING MIGRATION IN THE CENSUS: UN-ECE RECOMMENDATIONS Stocks of internal migrants Flows in internal migrants - origin - destination Stocks of international migrants Flows of international migrants - in migrants - out migrants 〤

Definition of terms International migration Foreign born Foreign nationals Second generation migrants Ever-international migrants Internal migrants Country of birth Citizenship Usual residence

Some 2001 Census facts Enumeration method Traditional, Traditional, self-completion enumerator interview Area (km 2 ) 243,61028,748 Population (census) 58,789,1943,069,275 Latest estimate (2009) 62,041,7083,639,453 Percentage increase 5.5%18.6% Density(persons/km 2 ) Per cent born abroad 8.9% Not published but very few Per cent1 year international migrants 0.7% Not published Per cent 1 year internal migrants 11.3% 1.01%

Country of birth What is your country of birth? □ England □ Wales □ Scotland □ Northern Ireland □ Republic of Ireland □ Elsewhere, write in the name of the country □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Where was your place of birth ? □ Albania District/Municipality □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Town/Village □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Abroad Country □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □

Country of citizenship What passports do you hold? □ United Kingdom □ Irish □ Other, write in □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ None Multi-tick question What is your country of citizenship? Specifiy □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ In case of dual citizenship, specifiy □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □

Ever resided abroad and year of entry If you were not born in the United Kingdom, when did you most recently arrive to live hear? Month Year □ □ □ Including time already spent here, how long do you intent to stay in the United Kingdom ? □ Less than 6 months □ 6 months or more but less than 12 months □ 12 months or more Have you ever lived outside Albania for a continuous period of one year or more ? □ Yes Country of last usual residence before coming to Albania □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Year of arrival □ □ □ □ □ No

Previous place of usual residence and date of arrival at place of current residence One year ago what was your usual address? □ Same address □ Student term-time address (write in below) □ Another address (write in below) □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Outside the UK, write in country □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Where did you reside one year before the census ? □ Same place as usual residence □ Somewhere else in Albania Town/village □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Abroad Country □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □

Perceptions that the census focuses on migrants 4 questions 6 questions Plus questions on: Ethnic group Religion Language

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Ethnicity question in the England and Wales Census

Ethnicity question in the Albanian Census Ethnic affiliation 1 □ Albanian 2 □ Other Specify □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ 3 □ Prefer not to answer

Religion question in the England and Wales Census

Religion question in the Albanian Census Do you have a faith? 1 □ Yes 2 □ No 3 □ Prefer not to answer If ‘Yes’ do you belong to any religion Specifiy 1 □ Yes ► □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ 2 □ No 3 □ Prefer not to answer

Language questions in the England and Wales Census

Language questions in the Albanian Census What is your mother tongue 1 □ Albanian 2 □ Other Specify □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ What other languages do you speak in your everyday life? First Second □ □ Albanian □ □ Greek □ □ Macedonian □ □ Serbian □ □ English □ □ French □ □ Italian □ □ German □ □ Russian □ □ Other (specify) □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □□ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ None