Brazilian Censuses present a great wealth of information, being, in general, comparable over time. In this sense, they represent a great opportunity for people to learn different aspects of Brazilian population dynamics. Given the importance of migration in national demographic history, this article intends to rescue some theoretical and methodological features for the use of census data, in order to guide people who are interested in deepening their knowledge on the phenomenon.
Migration; Internal Migration; Sources of Demographic Data; Demographic Census