Comparability — Kenya [top]

This variable identifies people who responded “refugee or asylum seeker” to the question of nationality. Stateless people, such as Galjeel, Shona, Wapemba, Pare, etc. are not counted as refugees in this variable.

Comparability — Kyrgyzstan [top]

Only persons who migrated since 1989 were to answer the question. Many of those migrants did not give a response. Some persons who migrated prior to 1989 did respond, although it is unknown how representative they are.

The census question speaks to both internal (within Kyrgyzstan) and external refugees.

Comparability — Palestine [top]

The samples are comparable. The 1997 and 2017 samples distinguish between registered and non-registered refugees, but the 2007 sample does not.