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09-14-2007, 03:30 PM
Dominicans in Puerto Rico keep stronger ties to the homeland than Puerto Rican migrants to the US, according to a recently circulating field study on remittance sending and receiving in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is the second largest money-sender to the DR. The study, "A Transnational Migrant Crossroads: The Circulation of People and Money in Puerto Rico" was produced by Jorge Duany, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Puerto Rico. Study findings:
Four out of five Dominicans interviewed sent money to their relatives in the DR, compared to less than one out of ten Puerto Ricans who sent remittances to the US.
On average, Dominicans remitted US$189 per month, compared to US$113 for Puerto Ricans.
The typical profile of a remittance sender in Puerto Rico is a middle-aged, married Dominican immigrant with nine years of formal education. Most often, he or she is employed as a service or unskilled worker, especially in domestic service or the construction industry, and moved to Puerto Rico in the late 1990s.
More than 60% of the Dominicans sampled traveled to the DR at least once a year, while less than 12% of the Puerto Ricans visited their relatives in the US as frequently.
On average, Puerto Ricans moved to the US much earlier (in 1963) than Dominicans moved to Puerto Rico (in 1991).
Puerto Rican and Dominican household heads received similar shares of public assistance (21.5% and 24.3%, respectively) during their last trip outside their country of origin, as well as at the time of the survey (12.6% and 13.9%, respectively).
Fifty-three percent of the Dominicans had a bank account in Puerto Rico, compared to only 9.3% of the Puerto Ricans during their last trip to the US.
During their last move to the US, only 9.7% of the Puerto Ricans had a credit card, whereas 25.2% of the Dominicans in Puerto Rico did so.
Fifty-nine percent of the Dominicans paid taxes in Puerto Rico, compared to 43% of the Puerto Ricans during their last trip to the US.
Twenty percent of Dominican household heads were business owners, compared to less than 9% of the Puerto Ricans.
Dominicans were four times more likely (12.2%) to own property, aside from their residences, than Puerto Ricans (3.3%).
Puerto Ricans were more than twice as likely (65.8%) as Dominicans (27%) to own their houses.
For a copy of the study, see http://www.grupocne.org/publications/Transnational_Migrant_Crossroads.pdf
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Four out of five Dominicans interviewed sent money to their relatives in the DR, compared to less than one out of ten Puerto Ricans who sent remittances to the US.
On average, Dominicans remitted US$189 per month, compared to US$113 for Puerto Ricans.
The typical profile of a remittance sender in Puerto Rico is a middle-aged, married Dominican immigrant with nine years of formal education. Most often, he or she is employed as a service or unskilled worker, especially in domestic service or the construction industry, and moved to Puerto Rico in the late 1990s.
More than 60% of the Dominicans sampled traveled to the DR at least once a year, while less than 12% of the Puerto Ricans visited their relatives in the US as frequently.
On average, Puerto Ricans moved to the US much earlier (in 1963) than Dominicans moved to Puerto Rico (in 1991).
Puerto Rican and Dominican household heads received similar shares of public assistance (21.5% and 24.3%, respectively) during their last trip outside their country of origin, as well as at the time of the survey (12.6% and 13.9%, respectively).
Fifty-three percent of the Dominicans had a bank account in Puerto Rico, compared to only 9.3% of the Puerto Ricans during their last trip to the US.
During their last move to the US, only 9.7% of the Puerto Ricans had a credit card, whereas 25.2% of the Dominicans in Puerto Rico did so.
Fifty-nine percent of the Dominicans paid taxes in Puerto Rico, compared to 43% of the Puerto Ricans during their last trip to the US.
Twenty percent of Dominican household heads were business owners, compared to less than 9% of the Puerto Ricans.
Dominicans were four times more likely (12.2%) to own property, aside from their residences, than Puerto Ricans (3.3%).
Puerto Ricans were more than twice as likely (65.8%) as Dominicans (27%) to own their houses.
For a copy of the study, see http://www.grupocne.org/publications/Transnational_Migrant_Crossroads.pdf
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)