Please note:  This dataset collection was made possible through a grant to explore migration-related data; only data with migration-related variables are listed here.

last updated: December 8, 2008

Adaptation Process of Cuban and Haitian Refugees
http://cmd.princeton.edu/data.shtml
Survey of refugees to southern Florida, includes 514 Cubans arriving in 1980 in the Mariel boat lift and 500 Haitians arriving between 1980 and 1982.  Stratified multi-stage sample; Cuban sample interviewed in 1983 and again in 1985-6; Haitians sampled after arrival in 1980-82 and again 2 years later. 

Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS)
http://cmd.princeton.edu/data.shtml
Survey of 1,200 Colombian, Dominican, Salvadoran family heads in the U.S. to study transnational activities. Snowball sample and two-stage clustered residential sample in Queens, NY; Washington Heights, NY; Providence, RI; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, CA.

Comparative Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project (CIEP)
http://cmd.princeton.edu/data.shtml
Survey of 5,262 immigrant children in San Diego, CA and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale in grades 8 and 9 in 1992 to assess characteristics and preferences of immigrant children and their parents. Follow-up study in 1995 and includes a smaller parent sample.

Comparative Immigrant Organization Project (CIOP)
http://cmd.princeton.edu/data.shtml
Surveyed 89 Colombian, Dominican and Mexican leaders of organizations in the U.S. in 2004 or 2005 to assess organizational characteristics, their impact on political incorporation and characteristics of transnationalism.

Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
http://cmd.princeton.edu/data.shtml
Longitudinal study of 590 Cubans in Miami, FL and 822 Mexican migrants in Laredo or El Paso, TX; begun upon immigrant's arrival in 1973-74 to assess immigrant economic incorporation.  Follow-ups in 1976 and 1979. 

Health and Migration Survey (HMS)
http://www.mexmah.com/
Randomly selected households in San Luis Potosi, MX; San Diego, CA; and Houston, TX between 1996 - 2003 assessing child health and maternal reproductive behavior.  Longitudinal data.  Not all years/study sites are publicly available.

Hungary: Data for Developing the Migration Policy Strategy: the Living Conditions of Immigrants Applying for Hungarian Citizenship in 1993.  TDATA-D21. 
http://www.tarki.hu/en/services/da/da_use.html
Study examining migration experiences and motivations of applicants for Hungarian citizenship in 1993.  Two-stage sampling design included 679 persons.

The Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles (IIMMLA)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22627.xml
Comparative survey of the migration, work and social experiences of young adult children of immigrants aged 20-39 in the Los Angeles area in 2004. Multistage random sampling of 4,655 foreign-born and foreign-parentage persons from the following groups: Mexicans, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, Guatemala and El Salvador compared to native-born and native-parentage whites/blacks/and third and later generation Mexican Americans.

Impact of Immigration on Ethnic-Specific Violence in Florida, 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03872.xml
Study examining relationship between presence of immigrants and violence in 79 census tracks in Miami in 1997.  Census level variables on race/ethnicity and Haitian country-of-origin variables.

Integration of young adult Spanish and Italian second-generation immigrants in Switzerland 1997, 1998 (Intégration en Suisse des jeunes adultes issus de la migration espagnole et italienne) ID: 4753
http://www.sidos.ch/data/order.asp?lang=e
Studies second-generation Spanish and Italian immigrant adults living in Bale-Ville de Geneve aged 18-35.  402 respondents 1997; 252 in 1998.

International and Domestic Trends in Sex Trafficking in the U.S. 1999-2000
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03438.xml
1999-2000 Survey of 25 international and U.S. women who were currently or had been in the sex industry in the U.S.; 25 law enforcement personnel, 35 social service providers and 6 health care workers in the U.S. familiar with the U.S. sex trade and/or immigration in order to study international and domestics sex trafficking in the U.S.  Targeted sample.

Latino Adolescent Migration Health Adaptation (LAMHA)
https://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/lamha/data
Students of health, migration history, and psychological adjustment of Latino background who were foreign-born and came to the U.S. at age 5 or after in grades 6-12 and aged 12 - 18 as of October 2004.  Multi-stage sampling design; parents of adolescents also interviewed.  500 surveys and 25 in-depth interviews between 2004-06.

The Legalized Population Survey (LPS)
http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/LPS/LPSpage.htm
1989 and 1992 follow-up surveys of 6,193 undocumented persons living in the U.S. in 1986-7 who sought legal permanent residence through the Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986 (IRCA).  Examines characteristics of the migrants before, during and after legalization.  Two-stage stratified cluster design; nationally representative sample.

Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia: Phases I & 2
http://assda-nesstar.anu.edu.au/search/
Sample of all immigrants with visas arriving in Australia between September 1993 to August 1995, aged 15 and older (Phase I) or between September 1999 and August 2000 (Phase II).  New Zealanders excluded.  Three waves during each Phase; 1 approximately 6 months after arrival; 2 a year later; and 3 was collected 2 years after arrival.  Stratified random sample.  19,007 respondents in Phase I; 11,430 respondents in Phase II.

Meeting Basic Needs? Exploring the Survival Strategies of Forced Migrants, 2004 SN 5159
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5159
Qualitative survey examining the needs of forced migrants through face-to-face interviews with forced migrants and service providers. Sampling through purposive selection; 29 individuals and 1 focus group with 3 persons.

Mexican Migration Project (MMP)
http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/
Random sample of Mexican households in 2-5 Mexican households each December and January from 1982 - present assessing migration experience of household members to the United States, Canada and back.  Cumulative sample size 128,940 persons in over 19,500 households (922 households with U.S. migration experience).

Migrant Farm Workers in Wisconsin, 1989
http://www.disc.wisc.edu/archive/downloadform.asp?studyID=60
1978 and 1989 surveys focusing on migrant workers’ health, health needs and opinions about health care and access to it.  1978 survey based on a 10 percent sample of migrant workers aged 16 and older in Wisconsin; 1989 follow-up took place in only three Wisconsin counties - Columbia, Dane and Waushara.

National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS)
http://www.doleta.gov/agworker/naws.cfm
Survey assessing the socio-demographics, employment characteristics, earnings, health, legal status and migration of crop workers and crop worker households in the U.S. since 1989.  Multi-stage sampling for nationally representative sample of migrant and season crop farm workers. 

New Immigrant Survey (NIS)
http://nis.princeton.edu/
Survey of 8,573 adults and 810 children who were admitted to legal permanent residence during July-August 1996, using a stratified random sample to assess demographic, economic, social, and migration information. Longitudinal; pilot survey 1996; full version since 2003.

Pew Hispanic Center Survey of Mexicans Living in the U.S. on Absentee Voting in Mexican Elections
http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/
Survey of 987 Mexicans living in the U.S. aged 18 and older about attitudes toward absentee voting in Mexican elections and actual voter registration.  Nationally representative sample; survey conducted in 2006.

Survey of Dynamics and Migration in New Zealand (DMM)
http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/omni/omni.nsf/bf3c32a862ae07cd4c25656e000031c6/77959667ea8ca990cc25737000057c63?OpenDocument
March 2007 survey assessing the migration patterns and socio-economic characteristics of persons living in New Zealand.  Nationally representative of the resident civilian population of New Zealand aged 15 and older; 23,465 respondents. 

Survey of Mexican Migrants
http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/
Survey of 4,836 Mexican adults in Los Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Raleigh, NC and Fresno, CA when respondents were applying for a Mexican identity document in 2004.  Respondents reported socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes toward immigration.

Survey of Muslims in Canada 2006
http://www.queensu.ca/cora/5data.html
Nationally representative sample of 500 Muslims aged 18 and older living in Canada addressing opinions and experiences of Muslims as well as attitudes toward Muslims and immigration.    Part of a larger study that also included 2,045 Canadian respondents.

Thailand's National Migration Study
http://opr.princeton.edu/archive/nmst/
Study examining the socio-demographics and migration (mostly internal) of 7,537 Thai households in 1992.

World Bank Survey of Africa in the Diaspora - Belgium
http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/0,,contentMDK:21122877~pagePK:64165401~piPK:64165026~theSitePK:476883,00.html
2005 survey examines remittance activities of Nigerian, Senegalese and Congolese (DRC) immigrant to Belgium. Snowball sampling based on key informant nominations of community members to interview.