Table 2 Summary statistics for discrepancies between the estimates of total migration flows from changes in the total stocks and the sum of estimates from female and male migration flows from changes in the female and male stocks.

From: Bilateral international migration flow estimates updated and refined by sex

Estimation Method

Mean

Median

Std. Dev.

IQR

IDR

IPR99

Minimum

Maximum

Stock Difference - Drop Negative

−6.4

0.0

356

0.00

0.00

40

−104,329

0

Stock Difference - Reverse Negative

−12.7

0.0

504

0.00

0.00

183

−104,329

0

Migration Rates

−13.7

0.0

342

0.00

1.35

525

−42,962

14,053

Demographic Account - Minimisation - Open

−5.6

0.0

367

0.00

0.79

587

−44,005

29,624

Demographic Account - Minimisation - Closed

−16.2

0.0

1,081

0.03

3.89

1,856

−165,180

124,121

Demographic Account - Pseudo Bayesian - Closed

−13.9

0.0

977

0.08

5.15

1,709

−149,557

108,649

  1. IQR is Interquartile Range (the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles). IDR is Interdecile range (the difference between the 10th and 90th percentiles). IPR99 is Interpercentile range; the difference between the 0.5 percentile and the 99.5th percentile. Units of measurement are individual migrants.