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Migration and Urbanisation Migration and Urbanisation Working Group Working Group PROGRESS AND PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS

INDEPTH AGSM – Nairobi – 3-7 September 2007

Migration as a field of Migration as a field of study study

• Populations can be highly mobile

Populations can be highly mobile

• Conceptual and logistical challenges

Conceptual and logistical challenges

• Wide gaps in available data

Wide gaps in available data

• Data complexities

Data complexities

• Migrants traverse space and time

Migrants traverse space and time

• Repeated events & cyclical movement

Repeated events & cyclical movement

• Challenges getting the denominator right

Challenges getting the denominator right

• Evidence is patchy on the consequences for health and

Evidence is patchy on the consequences for health and socio socio-

• economic status

economic status

• Longitudinal dimension usually lacking

Longitudinal dimension usually lacking

What can What can INDEPTH offer? INDEPTH offer?

• Unique strengths of DSS data

Unique strengths of DSS data

• Demographic structure of migration

Demographic structure of migration

• Age

Age-

• sex distributions

sex distributions

• Origin/ destination distributions

Origin/ destination distributions

• Changing gender balance of out

Changing gender balance of out-

• migration

migration

• Temporal evidence on consequences for health and

Temporal evidence on consequences for health and poverty poverty

• NEG: Disrupt social networks and supervision

NEG: Disrupt social networks and supervision

• POS: Provide info and resources (remittances)

POS: Provide info and resources (remittances)

Goal of the MUWG Goal of the MUWG

• Facilitate the development of INDEPTH as a

Facilitate the development of INDEPTH as a resource for migration studies resource for migration studies

• Production of a peer

Production of a peer-

• reviewed book:

reviewed book:

‘‘ ‘‘Migration, health and poverty dynamics, from the Migration, health and poverty dynamics, from the ground up ground up’’ ’’. .

• Eleven DSS sites from nine countries in Africa

Eleven DSS sites from nine countries in Africa and Asia and Asia

Conceptual model Conceptual model

Book structure Book structure

• Introduction

Introduction

• The state of knowledge on migration and health in

The state of knowledge on migration and health in the developing world, highlighting the role for the developing world, highlighting the role for INDEPTH sites INDEPTH sites

• Methodology

Methodology

• How do we record migration and health in DSS

How do we record migration and health in DSS sites? sites?

• Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths and weaknesses

Community Context Community Context

• Grid of community indicators by site

Grid of community indicators by site

• Ecology (climate/ type of agriculture/ settlement type)

Ecology (climate/ type of agriculture/ settlement type)

• Economic context (relative community deprivation)

Economic context (relative community deprivation)

• Social norms (obligations on men and women)

Social norms (obligations on men and women)

• Age/ Sex structure (child dependency ratio)

Age/ Sex structure (child dependency ratio)

• Ethnicity (% dominant group/ diversity)

Ethnicity (% dominant group/ diversity)

• Education (% enrollment by specific ages)

Education (% enrollment by specific ages)

• Migration

Migration context context (%migrants, % (%migrants, % temporary temporary migrants, migrants, sex sex ratio, ratio, destinations) destinations)

• Who is a typical migrant?

Who is a typical migrant?

Site chapters I Site chapters I

• Theme 1: Migration, population and heath dynamics

Theme 1: Migration, population and heath dynamics (six substantive chapters) (six substantive chapters)

• Kisumu

Kisumu: :

• in

in-

• migration is significantly positive for child survival

migration is significantly positive for child survival

• Particularly children moving with parents returning from

Particularly children moving with parents returning from urban areas urban areas

• Nairobi:

Nairobi:

• in

in-

• migration is significantly negative for child survival

migration is significantly negative for child survival

• Particularly for a few months after in

Particularly for a few months after in-

• migration after in

migration after in-

• migration

migration

Site chapters II Site chapters II

• Theme 2: Migration and socio

Theme 2: Migration and socio-

• economic status

economic status

(five substantive chapters) (five substantive chapters)

• Agincourt:

Agincourt:

• Temporary migration increases modern assets in the

Temporary migration increases modern assets in the households left behind, but decreases livestock assets; households left behind, but decreases livestock assets; Permanent migration has no effect Permanent migration has no effect

• Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi

• out
• ut-
• migration results in a reduction in the amount of land

migration results in a reduction in the amount of land used for agriculture, particularly intensive agriculture used for agriculture, particularly intensive agriculture

• Households adapt by adjusting the proportion of household

Households adapt by adjusting the proportion of household members engaged in agriculture. members engaged in agriculture.

Other technical Other technical features features

• Comparative presentation of age

Comparative presentation of age-

• sex profiles of

sex profiles of migration migration

• Guidelines on how to conduct migration

Guidelines on how to conduct migration surveillance in DSS sites surveillance in DSS sites

• Guidelines on how to set up DSS data for event

Guidelines on how to set up DSS data for event history analysis history analysis

Expected Impact of Expected Impact of the book the book

• Unique presentation of DSS data for migration

Unique presentation of DSS data for migration and urbanisation studies and urbanisation studies

• Peer

Peer-

• reviewed contribution to knowledge on

reviewed contribution to knowledge on migration patterns in the development world migration patterns in the development world and their consequences for health and poverty and their consequences for health and poverty

• Audience: scientists, students in public health,

Audience: scientists, students in public health, demography, social sciences, and development demography, social sciences, and development studies, DSS data managers and site leaders, studies, DSS data managers and site leaders,

• ther interested people
• ther interested people

Progress Progress

• Peer review currently underway (2/11 site

Peer review currently underway (2/11 site chapters still outstanding) chapters still outstanding)

• Site authors must respond to reviews

Site authors must respond to reviews

• Editorial committee will oversee/support

Editorial committee will oversee/support

• Introductory chapters, concluding chapters and

Introductory chapters, concluding chapters and appendices are currently in production appendices are currently in production

• Full manuscript by December 2007

Full manuscript by December 2007

• Publication in June 2008

Publication in June 2008

Future work Future work

• Second book? (Children and migration

Second book? (Children and migration – – Rockefeller/ Princeton pilot underway) Rockefeller/ Princeton pilot underway)

• Web

Web-

• site for dissemination of INDEPTH

site for dissemination of INDEPTH findings on migration and urbanisation: working findings on migration and urbanisation: working papers/ publications papers/ publications

Acknowledgements Acknowledgements

Thank You Thank You