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"kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Migrant stocks in persons; migration flows in persons per interval; rates with stated denominators", "why_it_matters": "Separates movement during a period from populations classified by migration history." }, { "name": "Household composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Households, persons per household and shares by source-defined household type", "why_it_matters": "Connects population structure to living arrangements while distinguishing households from families." }, { "name": "Evidence status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Enumerated, registered, survey-estimated, model-estimated, projected, revised or superseded", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether an agent may describe a figure as observed and whether it remains the applicable release." }, { "name": "Source and method lineage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to originating publication, table, methodology, release and revision", "why_it_matters": 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"inter-island-and-international-migration", "name": "Inter-island and international migration", "description": "Distinguishes domestic redistribution, migration across national borders and populations living abroad.", "findings": [ { "id": "migration-stocks-flows-and-balance", "name": "Migration stocks, flows and balance", "description": "Keep migration events, migrant stocks and diaspora estimates separate when assessing population change.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the measure describe inter-island moves, immigration, emigration, return migration or a stock defined by birthplace or previous residence?", "kind": "definition", "id": "migration-stocks-flows-and-balance-q01" }, { "text": "What residence-duration rule and observation interval determine who qualifies as a migrant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "migration-stocks-flows-and-balance-q02" }, { "text": "Do births minus deaths plus net migration reconcile successive population totals, and what residual remains unexplained?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "migration-stocks-flows-and-balance-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-quality-and-permitted-inference", "name": "Evidence quality and permitted inference", "description": "Controls how an agent selects, compares and communicates demographic evidence about Cape Verde.", "rationale": "National publications, international estimates and diaspora statistics may differ in universe, method and revision history even when they use the same indicator name.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-lineage-and-comparability", "name": "Source lineage and comparability", "description": "Links each claim to a specific release and checks whether apparently comparable figures measure the same thing.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-demographic-claim", "name": "Traceable demographic claim", "description": "Require accessible evidence, table-level provenance and methodological context for numerical claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which publication, table, release date and 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"Population size and settlement distribution", "Age and sex composition", "Fertility and birth patterns", "Mortality and longevity", "Migration and diaspora connections", "Household composition" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "ISO 3166-1", "value_or_pattern": "CV / CPV / 132", "note": "Identifies Cabo Verde as the geographic subject; it does not identify demographics as a field or a particular dataset." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "United Nations Statistics Division: Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.", "United Nations Statistics Division: Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Planning schools, healthcare, housing and public infrastructure.", "Assessing population ageing and changes in the working-age population.", "Allocating services across islands and municipalities.", "Studying migration, household change and diaspora relationships.", "Constructing population projections and denominators for social indicators." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Resident population", "typical_range": "Requires a reference date and an explicit residence definition.", "unit": "persons" }, { "quantity": "Total fertility rate", "typical_range": "Varies by reference period; no numerical range asserted here.", "unit": "children per woman" }, { "quantity": "Life expectancy at birth", "typical_range": "Varies by reference period and sex; no numerical range asserted here.", "unit": "years" }, { "quantity": "Net migration rate", "typical_range": "Requires a stated period and population denominator.", "unit": "net migrants per 1,000 population per year" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Conflating residents of Cabo Verde with citizens abroad or people of Cape Verdean ancestry.", "Comparing census counts, survey estimates and population projections without distinguishing their methods and reference dates.", "Treating national averages as representative of every island or municipality.", "Underestimating migration or double-counting people with residence connections in multiple countries.", "Interpreting language, 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on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Demography", "difference": "Demography supplies general population concepts and methods; this subject applies them to Cabo Verde." }, { "name": "Geography of Cape Verde", "difference": "Geography includes physical environments and spatial relationships beyond the characteristics and dynamics of human populations." }, { "name": "Cape Verdean diaspora", "difference": "The diaspora concerns communities outside Cabo Verde; resident-population demographics use a territorial residence boundary." }, { "name": "Population census of Cabo Verde", "difference": "A census is a particular data collection operation; demographics also draws on surveys, vital registration and estimates." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of demographics of Cape Verde this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which national census, estimate and projection releases should anchor the model, and what revisions or coverage assessments accompany them?", "How do the relevant sources define usual residence and diaspora membership, and can any diaspora estimates be reconciled without double counting?", "Which municipal boundary changes and urban-rural reclassifications require crosswalks for a consistent historical series?", "How complete are vital-event and migration measurements, particularly for attributing population change to individual islands?", "Which household and social-characteristic categories are documented well enough for comparison, and where do missing data or disclosure restrictions limit interpretation?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 19, 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