Didier WILLAERT and
Johan SURKYN (together with UCL)
2002-
Abstract:
In Belgium, migrations have by far the largest impact on the evolution and redistribution of the population. They continuously redraw the demographic patterns, modify household and family structures and, consequently, gradually transform the mentalities and the specific character of each place. The census monograph on migrations is built around two basic objectives:
- Description of internal migrations in Belgium at the turn of the millennium, and link them to various social and economic variables as measured in the 2001 Social and Economic Survey.
- Update the 1991 census monograph, by carrying out more detailed analyses, particularly at the spatial level, and by proposing new analytical methods.
Admittedly, the Social & Economic Survey (SES) 2001 does not contain any questions on individual or household migration itself, nor any questions referring to earlier places of residence. Consequently, the production of the monograph is contingent on the individual record linkage of migration data from the Register to the characteristics of individuals/households (= covariates) as measured in the SES 2001. In order to maintain the comparability with the previous monograph based on the 1991 census, this linkage has to cover all moves during the five years preceding the SES 2001 (= from 1.10.96 to 1.1.2001). By “moves”, we mean all changes in legal domicile of individuals, as recorded in the Register. The spatial mobility for the period 1991-2001 will be studied by introducing new methods of analysis and by incorporating data derived from the individual record linkage for 1991 and 2001.
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