Prethodno priopćenje
Statistical Observation and Some Quantitative Characteristics of Yugoslav External Migration
Ivo Nejašmić
; Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The first part of the work contains an overview of the statistical observation of Yugoslav external migration: an account of the earlier periods, current situation, as well as needs and possibilities. The author's conclusion is that up to World War I the registration of migration flows was neither adequate nor complete. After the establishment of Yugoslavia there was some improvement in this connection (according to the international principles adopted), but the problem of complete inclusion remained. After World War II the statistical observation of external migration even deteriorated in comparison with the prewar situation. Characteristics of external population movements were taken into account only starting from the 1971 Population Census. As just a cross-section of the state of affairs was thus obtained, this means that census data have remained insufficient for a thorough study of the dynamical process. Neither are fluctuations in, and the volume of, in-(return) and out-flows statistically recorded, nor have been registered some other quantitative features of contemporary external migration from Yugoslavia. Some institutions keep their own specific records, but each of those relates to just a segment of the migrant stock. In order to overcome such an unfavourable situation, a possible solution can be seen in establishing a population register at the level of the country (preparations of the kind are already under way) and in introducing entries on external migration.
In the second part of the work the author's estimates of in- and out-flows pertaining to external migration from SFR Yugoslavia and SR Croatia are given, as well as the migration balance and the total number of workers – external migrants at the end of each year in the 1967–1985 period. The estimated figure for the end of 1985 is 1,000,000 Yugoslav external migrants: 600,000 workers and 400,000 family members. The corresponding figure for SR Croatia is about 235,000: 145,000 workers and 90,000 family members.
Ključne riječi
external migration; Yugoslavia; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
128666
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.1987.
Posjeta: 1.187 *