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4 Issues and Innovations in Population Data Collection and Measurement: Registration and Administrative Data
Pages 25-34

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... •  strategic pivot from operational humanitarian information to official statistics A is placing more emphasis on harmonization, validation, reliability, timeliness, and quality metrics in the area of refugee and IDP statistics. Multiple data sources, multiple measurement methods, well-defined standards, and clear technical guidance are critical elements in improving statistics on IDPs and refugees.
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From page 26...
... Silva identified four major challenges in strengthening international statistics on forcibly displaced people: (1) historically weak collaborations between national statistics offices, migration authorities, and international organizations around refugee and IDP statistics; (2)
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From page 27...
... Finally, they provided guidance on dissemination of detailed geo-referenced data, while protecting the security and confidentiality of respondents, to ensure maximum use of available census data. Silva provided a snapshot of different census questions/topics and response categories for seven African countries (see Table 4-1)
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From page 28...
... The responsibility is on the individual to register a birth, marriage, or death as opposed to a traditional census, where an enumerator comes to the individual's household. For Syrian refugees in Jordan, for example, registering a marriage and receiving a marriage certificate from the Jordanian sharia courts requires five or six different documents, including proof of identity for the bride and groom, proof of identity for the bride's guardian and two witnesses, a health certificate from the ministry of health verifying that the bride and groom are not carriers of certain diseases, a petition from the courts, and an approval letter from the ministry of interior (Clutterbuck et al., 2018)
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From page 29...
... In response, ECOWAS member states have been developing national data protection legislation; establishing central, independent data protection agencies; and revising national identification legislation. For example, national identity systems underpinned by biometric authentication are being advanced in a number of low- and middle-income countries, some of which are host to many refugees and IDPs.
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From page 30...
... Though European Union countries may be able to do more sophisticated research, such as constructing synthetic cohorts and studying refugee populations over time, most of the world is several steps away from being able to accurately and comprehensively represent the sociodemographic situation of refugees and IDPs in their official statistics. CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS IN THE SERVICE OF REFUGEES Marwan Khawaja (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [ESCWA]
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From page 31...
... Overall, said Khawaja, the UNRWA birth registration data seem to be of good quality. Next steps include calculating agespecific and total fertility rates using UNRWA registration data for women ages 15 to 49 to verify consistency with estimates from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey of Palestine refugees in Lebanon.
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From page 32...
... Another step is to compare the number and characteristics of deaths in UNRWA registration data with deaths recorded in the census of Palestine refugees in Lebanon and conduct a record linkage study if feasible. In both Jordan and Lebanon, valuable opportunities exist for record linkage studies to assess the completeness of birth and death registration.
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From page 33...
... For example, the ability to register the birth of a child is greatly dependent on the ability to provide evidence of a marriage in the form of a marriage certificate; likewise, the ability to claim property or inheritance rights requires having a death certificate for the spouse. He added that UN agencies have recognized the need to focus not only on a single area, such as birth or death registration, but also on registration across the life course.
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... Silva pointed to attention, particularly in professional academic demography, on the innovative use of social media data, but said there has not been complementary discussion and research about the ethical principles and guidelines needed to navigate this new terrain.
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