title: Using the Omnibus Survey to test questions on emigration.
abstract: It is important that migration is measured accurately, for example to inform population estimates and projections. However, current sources of information make it difficult to produce robust estimates of emigration from Great Britain. Several other countries, including Ireland, make use of household surveys in their estimates of migration. To investigate the feasibility of obtaining information on emigration from those resident in Great Britain, three questions were included in the Omnibus Survey for two months. Respondents were asked whether they had plans to emigrate or whether anyone in their family had recently emigrated or intended to shortly. This article reports on the results of this pilot, providing evidence on response levels, comparison with the International Passenger Survey and feedback from interviewers on the questions asked.
authors.affiliation: Office of National Statistics.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003710:Demography; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011157:Population Dynamics; D006113:United Kingdom