Population and Housing Census 2001

St. Lucia, 2001

Reference ID

LCA_2001_PHC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office

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Year migration (P58_YEAR_MIGRAT)

Data file: personslu01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 147

End: 150

Width: 4

Range: -

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Questions and instructions

Literal question

In what year did......last come to live in this country?

Interviewer instructions

Note the word “last”. It is necessary because someone not born in the country could have lived here for a while, gone to live in another country and then returned to settle here. It is the last movement, which is required.
Before going any further, it is important to draw our attention to the fact that while Question 54 is asked of every person Questions 55 and 56 are asked of St. Lucian born persons only while Questions 57 is asked of foreign born persons only, 58 is asked of both foreign born and local born who has lived overseas.
In the case of local born persons who lived abroad, this question applies for the same reasons mentioned in a previous paragraph. In the case of local born it measures the incidence of return migration, which is extremely important at this time. Many persons who emigrated years ago have returned or completed studies and are now returning.

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