1. Vebjørn Aalandslid vaa@ssb.no Statistics Norway
Using Register Data to Monitor the Immigration and Emigration of Immigrants
Vebjørn Aalandslid
Statistics Norway

2. Data: The CPR as a main source for population and social statistics in Norway
Central Register of Population (CPR) established in 1964 – based on the Population Census of local registers already established in 1946
Established for administrative - not statistical – purposes
The pin-code essential in linking all the various registers based on this system
All national administrative registers that are based on individuals use the pin-code.
A comprehensive register society. “All” governmental agencies and a lot of private firms have limited access to these register data - more than 1500 in total.
Cooperation between governmental agencies

3. Use of data on individuals in Statistics Norway
Labour
market
Education
Crime
Income
Population
Child
welfare
National
insurance
Economic
assistance
Surveys
+ a lot more

4. The CPR population The variable ‘registration status’ by 01.01.2006

5. Registration of Immigrants in the CPR
Norwegian and Nordic immigrants
Emigrants
CPR
Non-Nordic immigrants
The Immigration
Authorities

6. Quality of data
General and frequent use – a central premise for quality
Work in progress on estimating the number of illegal immigrants
Unregistered emigration probably a bigger problem than illegal/unregistered immigration

7. Immigrant population in Norway by country background 01.01.2006
Source: Statistics Norway – Population statistics

8. Net immigration. Immigrant population by region. Persons per year
Source: Statistics Norway – Population statistics