Researching International Migration

Description:

This book is intended primarily to help newcomers in the field of research on international migration using data from large-scale field surveys. It includes methods of conducting field surveys, estimating migration, and analysing migration trends, selectivity and differentials; ways to assess the impact of migration compared to other demographic, socio-economic phenomenon; and examines the social cost of migration on members of family left behind - women, children and the elderly. -- Prologue.

subjects: India, emigration and immigration,  Emigration and immigration,  History,  Émigration et immigration,  Immigration,  Emigration,  Migration period (Medieval culture or period),  Migrations (events),  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies,  Case studies,  Research,  Population research,  Demographic surveys,  Statistics,  Methodology,  Economic aspects,  Social aspects