Checklist for measuring international mobility in line with international standards

✓ the definition of change in residence matches the 2021 Recommendations

✓ all data can be disaggregated by country of birth, country of citizenship, age, sex & previous or next country

✓ data is recorded from origin (emigration) and destination (immigration) country perspective  

✓ data on the core indicators of international mobility are available as stock or flow

✓ statistical & administrative data sources allow for producing data on ‘movers’

✓ place of residence recorded one & five-years prior & at smallest geographic unit

✓ questions about place of residence & past migration also asked to citizens

✓ stakeholders investigated the gender-responsiveness of all data collection instruments

✓ stakeholders have considered the feasibility (e.g., safety) of recording information on respondents’ gender identity

✓ stakeholders have adopted an intersectional approach to migration data by exploring the realities and experiences of marginalized groups at the intersection of multiple socio-demographic markers