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Explore how Norway leverages Central Register of Population data to track immigrants, emigrants, analyze labor market trends, education, crime, income, welfare, and insurance. Insights on immigrant population demographics by country background and regions.
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Using Register Data to Monitor the Immigration and Emigration of Immigrants Vebjørn Aalandslid vaa@ssb.no Statistics Norway
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 1960 + 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
Use of data on individuals in Statistics Norway Labour market Education Crime Income Population Child welfare National insurance Economic assistance Surveys + a lot more
The CPR population The variable ‘registration status’ by 01.01.2006
Registration of Immigrants in the CPR Norwegian and Nordic immigrants Emigrants CPR Non-Nordic immigrants The Immigration Authorities
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
Immigrant population in Norway by country background 01.01.2006 Source: Statistics Norway – Population statistics
Net immigration. Immigrant population by region. Persons per year. 1990-2005 Source: Statistics Norway – Population statistics