1. THE HONDURAN EXPERIENCE IN MEASURING REMITTANCES THROUGH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS Washington DC January 2008

2. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 AGENDA BACKGROUND THE PROJECT THE SURVEY RESULTS LESSONS LEARNED

3. THE PROJECT

4. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 BACKGROUND 2001: Collect data on remittances as source of income for households 2002: NSO from Central America join efforts to standardize the collection of data on remittances and migration 2005: Honduras presents the project titled “Migration and remittances in Central American countries.” 2006: IADB sponsors the project. First meeting to plan the surveys. Honduras includes the remittance module in the XXXIII EPHPM 2007: Presentation of Results

5. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 PARTICIPANTS Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

6. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 PROJECT STATUS IN 2007 Costa Rica: Still processing Dominican Republic: Data collection stage El Salvador: Data collection stage Guatemala: Planning data collection in 2008 Honduras: Results published Nicaragua: Still processing Panama: Planning data collection in 2008

7. THE SURVEY

8. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 MAIN OBJECTIVE To measure international migration flows and the reception of remittances in Honduran households.

9. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To measure the impact of migration flows and remittances on the Honduran economy To analyze households with members living abroad To identify causes and frequency of migration flows To analyze households who receive remittances To identify the frequency, amount and use of remittances

10. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 Rider survey on a permanent household survey Modules: Returns Remittances Emigration Through PHS: Immigration and internal migration METHODOLOGY

11. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 Other experiences (Census 2001, Living Standard Survey, PHS) International consulting Interview returnees Pilot survey METHODOLOGY

12. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 SAMPLE DESIGN

13. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 Stratified Two-stage PSU: Enumeration areas SSU: Compact Groups Systematic Selection with Random Start SAMPLE DESIGN

14. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 1. Returnees: last 10 years (at least one year of residence in host country) 2. International Migration: all cases. 3. Remittances: 12 months prior to the interview. REFERENCE PERIOD

15. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 RETURNEES

16. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 RETURNEES Population returned from abroad: 0.5%

17. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 HOST COUNTRY 68.9 13.9 7.4 9.8 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 % United States Central America MexicoROW

18. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 ACTIVITY IN HOST COUNTRY Studying 9.7% Domestic help 3.6% Working and studying 1.3% Working 79.3% Nothing 5.1%

19. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 CAUSE OF RETURN 53.2 13.8 13.4 6.6 6.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0% Family reasons Deported Other Health problems Came with parents Economic reasons Did not find a job End of school

20. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 EMIGRATION

21. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 EMIGRATION

22. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 HH with at least one member living abroad: 11.3% HH with a member planning to emigrate in the next 12 months: 8.2% Emigrants: 70% male 58% elementary school only EMIGRATION

23. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 EMIGRATION

24. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 REASON FOR EMIGRATION Other reasons 2.1% Minors to join family members 2.6% Family reasons 2.1% Study 2.3% Looking for a job 91.0%

25. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 HOST COUNTRY USA 91.4% Mexico 2.2 Canada 0.2% Spain 2.1% ROW 2.1% Central America 1.9%

26. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 CURRENT VISA STATUS 62.3 12.2 11.9 5.0 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.1 0.7 010203040506070 Without visa TPS Resident Refugees Tourist visa Worker visa Naturalized citizen Student visa Other

27. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 REMITTANCES

28. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 11.1% of household income 6.8% of GDP, 2000 25.5% of GDP, 2006 CBH: US$ 2.6 billion, 2006 HH receiving remittances: 21% REMITTANCES

29. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 Remittances (cash and goods) in the last 12 months

30. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 FREQUENCY Quaterly 7.0% Bimonthly 8.2% From 4 to 6 months 5.2% From 7 to 11 months 5.3% Yearly 14.4% More than 12 months 6.4% Monthly 45.2% Less than One month 8.2%

31. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 Amount received in the last 12 months Percentage of HH

32. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 RECEPTION CHANNELS Private companies 39.6% 54.6% 0.5% 5.2% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Bank transfersTransfers throughOther formal channels Informal channels

33. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 USES OF REMITTANCES

34. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 LESSONS LEARNED

35. MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES SURVEY 2006-2007 LESSONS LEARNED 1. Big demand of information. 2. International consultants help strengthen analytical abilities of the national counterparts. 3. Redefine questions to be less intrusive. 4. Make the public aware of the nature of the survey. 5. The sample of the PHS is not designed for this purpose.

36. Horacio Lovo P. lovostat@hotmail.com www.ine-hn.org