Interviewer instructions
Question 14: To people born abroad -- Year of Aliya (migration to Israel)
14a. For foreign born: write here the last two digits of the year of Aliya.
Example: Year of Aliya 1936, write like that [The original form includes an illustration with 36 written].
For Israeli born, leave these boxes empty.
14b. A person immigrated before 1900
For a person immigrated (to Israel) before 1900, write the number 8 on the printed number 9.
Example: A person migrated in the year 1885, it is printed [An illustration of 19_ _]
You have to write as follows [An illustration of 1885]
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14c. Year of Aliya is unknown
(1) When the household member remembers how many years ago he immigrated to Israel, use the table on the back cover of the enumerator's report book to change the number of years to year of Aliya.
(2) When the household member does not remember how many years ago he immigrated to Israel, leave these boxes empty.
14d. A person who immigrated more than once to Israel:
For a person who immigrated to Israel more than once -- you have to write down the year of the first migration, unless he was abroad for more than 10 years.
For a person who stayed in Israel as a temporary resident, or as a tourist, who left abroad and returned as a new immigrant, you have to write down the year of immigration.
14e. A person who migrated from Cyprus during the establishment of the State:
For people who arrived from Cyprus during the establishment of the State, write the year of arrival from Cyprus (There were WWII refugees' camps in Cyprus).
14f. A person who 'entered' the country
Temporary residents and tourist who stay in Israel over a year -- for them the year of entrance will be the year of migration. If these people have changed their status to 'potential immigrants' or to immigrants -- their year of Aliya will be the year in which they have changed status.
(Potential immigrant is a person who immigrated to Israel, and has part of the rights given to a new immigrant for a duration of three years, yet he is not a resident. As long as he in a status of potential immigrant, he can regret it).
