Brief list of potential products from the Migration supplement

CPS Migration Supplement August 2008 - Potential Products (Brief List)

Population Division, Immigration Statistics Staff

Internal Analyses and Memos

• Evaluation of prevalence of changes in naturalization since first CPS interview

• Evaluation of effect of survey method (time and self versus proxy reporting) on consistency and variation in current year of entry question

• Cross-validation and implications of current year of entry (year came to “live” in the U.S.) versus measures of first year of entry and most recent year of entry

• Cross-validation and implications of current measure of time spent in the U.S. versus alternate measures using first year of entry, time outside the U.S. since first year of entry, and most recent year of entry

• Cross-validation of alternate year of entry measures with country of residence one year ago

• Analysis of one-year emigration rates using different adjustments for emigration of entire households

• Comparison of supplement emigrant roster with CPS rosters, for households with first interview 12 to 15 months prior (May 2007 to Aug 2007)

• Effects of alternate measures of year of entry and of emigration estimates on net international migration estimates and projections

Statistical Briefs

• Annual emigration rates between 2007 and 2008

• Comparison of changes in naturalization rate observed in the CPS and administrative data on new naturalizations between 2007 and 2008

• Profile of emigrants and residents temporarily living abroad

• Snapshot of transfer and remittance patterns

Special Reports and Working Papers (in depth analyses)

• Analysis of recent patterns of international mobility of the foreign born, focusing on multiple entry years and time spent abroad

• One-year mobility patterns of native and foreign born persons, jointly considering internal and international migration

• Transfers and remittance behavior, including comparisons of native and foreign-born households as well as giving versus receiving

• Comparison of prevalence of remittance and monetary transfers to international and financial data

• Migrant ties abroad- emigrants’ relationship to U.S. residents and U.S. residents’ transfers across national borders