Some findings based on CRRC DI Surveys

1. Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) -Armenia Migration and Remittances: Some findings based on CRRC DI Surveys Yerevan-Washington May 18, 2008 [email_address] Heghine Manasyan Arsen Aslanyan

6. The DI 2004-2007 Survey Samples

10. Migration 2006: Adjusting LM conditions? (% of total migrants aged 16 and higher) Reasons for leaving the home country

11. Migration 2006: Migrants’ occupation before and during migration (% of total migrants aged 16 and higher)

12. Data from DI 2007 survey Current Migrants: Household members who have left their households (either permanently or temporarily) for more than 3 months since 1991 but have not returned home. Return Migrants: Household members who have been abroad for more than 3 months during 1991-2007 and returned home. Definitions

13. Return Migrants 2007: Share of households who had former (return) migrants (% of total HHs)

14. Return Migration: Share of household members who have been abroad for more than 3 months during 1991-2007 and returned home

15. Return Migration : Share of household members who have left their HHs and came back (% within groups)

16. Return Migration : Destination countries for those who have been abroad for more than 3 months during 1991-2007 and returned home

17. Return Migration : How long did the former migrants stay abroad? (% of total)

18. Current Migrants: Share of HHs having at least one member abroad as of October 2007

19. Current Migrants: Number of Current Migrants per 100 HHs (October 2007)

20. Current migrants: Demographic profile (Armenia, % of all migrants abroad in 2007)

21. Year of last emigration of current migrants (% of all current migrants)

22. Current Migration : What do Armenian migrants do abroad? (% of all migrants abroad in 2007) Work and Study Work Neither w ork nor study Study 67% 25% 8% 1%

24. Return Migration: Share of former/return migrants who financially supported their HHs (share of total in respective groups, %)

25. Do the Migrants Support their HHs in home country? (% of all)

26. How often do Armenian Migrants Support their HHs Back Home? (% of all)

27. Age and gender of remittance senders (Armenia, % of all remittance senders)

28. How do the migrants send money back home? (%)

29. Share of HHs receiving remittances from their members abroad (% of all HHs in each strata)

30. Current Migrants’ and remitters' relation to the HH head (% of total)

31. Importance of contributions received from household members currently living abroad to those households’ well-being (share of total, %)

32. Importance of Remittances Received from Current Migrants for Armenian HHs (share of total, %)

33. Share of received remittances in the annual HH income in 2006 (%) Share of remittances in the annual HH income among HHs receiving remittances in 2006 (% of all HHs receiving remittances)

34. Countries where the remittances are sent from: looking for diversification! (share of all remittance senders, %)

35. How do HHs spend money received from their migrant members? (%, three possible items)

36. Do HHs share remittances received from their migrant HH members with other HHs? (%)

37. What percent of those remittances did Armenian HHs share with other HHs? (% of HHs) Share of remittances

38. Migration potential: “If the socioeconomic conditions in your country do not improve in the next three years, will you migrate from the country?” (% of all, year 2006)