Table 1 Retrospectively collected migration and travel history HPM data sets and sources

Census data:

Complete/subsets of raw census data

Birth place, previous/current residence, demographic

National Statistics Bureaus

Aggregated census data

Birth place, previous/current residence

Migration matrices from published census reports

Census Microdata

Birth place, previous/current residence, demographic data

International Public Use Micro-Samples (IPUMS) [https://international.ipums.org/international/]

Bilateral migrant stocks

Foreign migrants with birth place, current residence

Development research centre on Migration, Globalization and Poverty (MigrationDRC)

[http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html]

Household Surveys:

Time away in last 12 months, number of trips, reason for travel, birth place/current location, demographic

International Household survey network

National Household Budget Surveys

[http://www.internationalsurveynetwork.org/home/?q=activities/catalog/surveys]

Migration and Remittances Surveys

Rural/urban classifications previous and current location, demographic

Open access: [http://www.developmentdata.org/hh_surveys.htm]

World Bank Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS)

Time away in last 12 months, time in current location, current/previous residence, reason for move, birth place, demographic

World Bank Central Microdata Catalog [http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/home]

Demographic Health Surveys (DHS)

Rural/urban status of locations, demographic

[http://www.measuredhs.com/start.cfm]

Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS)

International trips in last x months, destination, demographic

[http://www.malariasurveys.org/surveys.cfm]

Labour Force Surveys

Time in previous/current residence, reasons for move, demographic

[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/lfsurvey/lfsurvey.home]

Small-scale and sub-population surveys

Number of trips made away, destination, duration of stay at destination, transport used, reason for travel, demographic, socioeconomi

Development research centre on Migration, Globalization and Poverty (MigrationDRC)

e.g. school children, urban city, hospital and border survey

[http://www.migrationdrc.org/publications/resource_guides/Migration_Nationalsurveys/child_db/home.php?function=search&empty_search_variables=1&table_name=Migration_Info]