Immigration statistics : a story of neglect

Author(s)

• National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Immigration Statistics
• Levine, Daniel B.
• Hill, Ken
• Warren, Robert

Bibliographic Information

Immigration statistics : a story of neglect

Daniel B. Levine, Kenneth Hill, and Robert Warren, editors ; Panel on Immigration Statistics, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

National Academy Press, 1985

• pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 304-324

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. It concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens for policy and program purposes, on the adequacy of the statistics that are produced and of the statistical systems that generate them, and on recommendations for improving these systems. Also, the history of immigration legislation and the estimates of the size of the illegal alien population are briefly reviewed. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Overview and Major Recommendations 2 Immigration Policy: Past to Present 3 Needs for Statistics on Immigration 4 The Immigration and Naturalization Service 5 Other Government Sources of Information on Immigration 6 The Role of Nongovernmental Activities in Immigration Studies 7 Collecting Data on Refugees and Asylees: An Illusion of a Complex Process 8 Data Gaps and Ways to Fill Them 9 Recommendations Glossary Appendix A: Selected Forms Appendix B: Some Methodological Issues in Analyzing Data on Immigration Appendix C: The Settlement Process Among Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Methods and Findings Appendix D: A Review of Statistical Aspects Contained Within Pending Immigration Legislation: A Letter Report to the INS, May 1983 Appendix E: A Summary of Panel Activities Appendix F: Bibliographic Sources of Information Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

Table of Contents

• 1 Front Matter
• 2 1 Overview and Major Recommendations
• 3 2 Immigration Policy: Past to Present
• 4 3 Needs for Statistics on Immigration
• 5 4 The Immigration and Naturalization Service
• 6 5 Other Government Sources of Information on Immigration
• 7 6 The Role of Nongovernmental Activities in Immigration Studies
• 8 7 Collecting Data on Refugees and Asylees: An Illusion of a Complex Process
• 9 8 Data Gaps and Ways to Fill Them
• 10 9 Recommendations
• 11 Glossary
• 12 Appendix A: Selected Forms
• 13 Appendix B: Some Methodological Issues in Analyzing Data on Immigration
• 14 Appendix C: The Settlement Process Among Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Methods and Findings
• 15 Appendix D: A Review of Statistical Aspects Contained Within Pending Immigration Legislation: A Letter Report to the INS, May 1983
• 16 Appendix E: A Summary of Panel Activities
• 17 Appendix F: Bibliographic Sources of Information
• 18 Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA00464300
• ISBN:
  • 0309035899
• LCCN: 85061694
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 328 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JV6461
  • DC19 : 353.0081/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Statistical services