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preceding the census, measured yearly when data is reported to the
Demographic Yearbook (Micklin, 1990, 164).
iv. Recent migrant: defined in Guatemala as people who’s “current place of
residence differs from that five years earlier,” measured yearly when
data is reported to the Demographic Yearbook (Micklin, 1990, 164).
c. Intrastate migrants: Lifetime, intermediate or recent, documented or
undocumented migration between urban-rural, rural-rural, and urban-urban
areas within the formally recognized borders of one country.
i. Rural has several definitions within census work:
a. Census Dictionary defines rural as “sparsely populated lands
lying outside urban areas;” typically rural areas are designated as
having “populations living outside places of 1,000 [people] or
more” (Du Plessis et al, 2002, 8-9).
b. OECD has a stricter definition, stating that rural designations are
for “population densities below 150 inhabitants per square
kilometer” (Du Plessis et al, 2002, 10-11).
c. Due to data constraints, in this study rural areas are defined as
populations and or persons living outside of towns and
municipalities (municipios) who do not actively commute into
urban centers for work.
ii. Urban definition is more uniform through the census data:
a. Most often defined as metropolitan areas with a population of
greater than 100,000 people.
b. In Guatemala this includes: Guatemala City, and Quezaltenango.
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