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Population, Family and Community. UN Expert Group Meeting Sept 9-12 2008 Siobhan Carey Assistant Director General Social and Demographic Statistics Central Statistics Office, Ireland. Content. Synthesis of 3 papers Common threads Issues for future consideration. Population. Israel
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Population, Family and Community UN Expert Group Meeting Sept 9-12 2008 Siobhan Carey Assistant Director General Social and Demographic Statistics Central Statistics Office, Ireland
Content • Synthesis of 3 papers • Common threads • Issues for future consideration
Population • Israel • Estimation of size of population and distribution • Combination of traditional census and population register • Population Register has good properties
Sets out some of the measurement issues, and the problems associated with making international classifications relevant and appropriate - nomadic populations - boundaries - ethnicity classifications
Migration • Commonwealth of Independent States • Immigration and emmigration • Importance for BoP, tax revenue, remittances • Census and Administrative records – arrivals and departures • Permanent/temporary migrants • Illegal migrants
Family and Community • Jamaica • Defintions and concepts – need to reflect social and legal structures • Units of analysis – families, households (complex formulations) • marital or union status ? Relevance for policy formulation ? (child development )
Common threads • Difficulties in measurement Population: definitions, undercounting, overcounting, avoidance of counting, Migration: legal and illegal migration, remittances, temporary and permanent migrants, change of status – work/study Classifications and their relevance: reflect reality?
Common threads • Timeliness – ability to update • Administrative data – availability and accuracy • Eg in the absence of vital registration • Open borders • Ability to cope with change – boundaries at state level and within state, legal structures • Differences in meaning – urban?
Issues • Life is becoming more complex • Migration – eg – child benefit payments - labour mobility • Social strctures - blended families - same sex relationships/marriages - creation new states
Issues • Potential of administrative records • Issues of privacy and confidentiality • Focus on lower levels of disaggregation • Eg Impact of migration on local administrative units • Differences in local reality makes relevance of international classifications questionable (ethnicity, legal family structures, children)