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Measuring the Integration of Immigrants: Critical notes from an Italian experience
Author(s) -
Caselli Marco
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12011
Subject(s) - immigration , index (typography) , measure (data warehouse) , administration (probate law) , foundation (evidence) , regional science , demographic economics , geography , political science , computer science , data mining , economics , archaeology , law , world wide web
This paper describes an instrument developed in Italy by the ISMU Foundation to measure the level of integration of immigrants present in the country. The instrument consists of an index based on data collected by means of a structured questionnaire. The paper first describes the technical characteristics of this instrument and the main results obtained from its first, experimental use with the administration of over 12,000 interviews in Italy. There follow some critical notes on the limits and potential of the application of synthetic indexes in the analysis of migratory processes, and particularly in study of the integration of immigrants.