PACES Residents and migrants in Algeria

The transcripts were initially written in Spanish and then translated in English. ● International migrants: This dataset captures the aspirations to stay, migrate or return of international migrants residing in Mostaganem and Sétif. To qualify, international migrants had to live in these cities for at least three months and no longer than five years. However, it proved difficult to apply this time limit and the dataset include migrants who have been in Mostaganem and Sétif longer than five years.

The questionnaire had structured pre-defined open- and close-ended questions. The data were collected via the Kobo Toolkit application. The close-ended answers were exported to xls files, while answers to open-ended questions in transcripts in Word files.

The interviews were conducted in English, French or Standard Arabic.

Background

This dataset is one of the key components of the PACES project, which aimed to understand how people decide to migrate, stay (or return for migrants). In particular, PACES sought to understand how people perceive major changes in society, how they understand their past-present and future, and how these factors influence their aspirations to stay or migrate. Purpose The data captures people's perceptions of their current place of residence, what they expect in the future, both in society and in their personal lives, how they see migration and their own mobility preferences.

This dataset gathers evidence on how in these two cities in Algeria people understand migration, what they value about it as well as what they value about staying. Data Collection and

Methods

The data in this dataset was collected through semi-structured interviews. Research Limitations The limited number of interviews (100) make this dataset not representative. However, the interviews are in-depth and give participants the opportunity to highlight what is important for them in their lives and what matters in their decisions to stay or migrate.

Data Structure and Relationships Between Files Each row in the Excel files has one corresponding transcript. To be clear, the Excel file for Residents has a corresponding Resident transcript, and the same goes for Migrant files. Value of the data for potential reuse This dataset has high value as it records people's perspectives on life in these cities at this point in time.

In addition to migration scholars, scholars of Algeria may be interested in these records. Results At the moment, these data have been used for in two working papers, none of them published yet. Preliminary findings from the analysis of these interviews have been presented in a conference.

Conclusion This dataset has important value but its in-depth nature makes it difficult to anonymise the data without losing meaning. For this reason, this dataset is closed access. Access status: Closed Access Data availability: The dataset is not accessible.

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