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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Emigrant

Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Emigrant  (EMIGRANT)


When migration is observed over time, it is convenient to compare the place of residence at a fixed past date 1 or the place of last previous residence 2 with the place of current residence 3. An individual whose administrative unit of residence differs at the beginning and end of a certain interval is identified as a migrant 4. Migrants may be classified as emigrants 5 or out-migrants 5 with respect to their place of origin and as immigrants 6 or in-migrants 6 with respect to their place of current residence. When a census or survey has included a question on previous place of residence 2, the information generated concerns in fact the latest migration 7 or latest change of residence 7, whatever its date. A migrant is any individual who has had at least one prior residence in a different administrative unit from his or her current residence; such an individual can be considered to have migrated into 8 the current residence, and migrated out 9 of the previous one. A lifetime migrant 11 is a person whose place of birth 10 was in a different administrative unit from his or her current residence. In specific cases, migrants can be qualified as emigrants for political, religious or ethical reasons 12★, or immigrants for political, religious or ethical reasons 13★.

  • 4. Strictly speaking, under this concept a migrant must have been born before the beginning of the migration defining interval and must survive until the end. This definition is sometimes extended to include children born during the interval who are allocated to the place of residence of their mother at the beginning of the interval. The number of recorded migrants is not necessarily equal to the number of moves which occurred during the interval for these individuals, as any one may have moved several times in the interval, or even have returned to his previous place of residence by the time of the census or survey.
  • 10. Usually the place of birth is defined as the place of usual residence of the mother at the time of the birth even though custom or the location of medical facilities may have resulted in the birth occurring elsewhere.

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