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Survey Data and Personal Remittances Sent from the USA

Survey Data and Personal Remittances Sent from the USA. October 2012 B. Lindsay Lowell Institute for the Study of International Migration Georgetown University. Monthly remittances sent through remitting businesses (NFBIs). Remittances received by central banks & US foreign-born population.

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Survey Data and Personal Remittances Sent from the USA

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  1. Survey Data and Personal Remittances Sent from the USA October 2012 B. Lindsay Lowell Institute for the Study of International Migration Georgetown University

  2. Monthly remittances sent through remitting businesses (NFBIs)

  3. Remittances received by central banks& US foreign-born population

  4. Los Angeles County Mexican Immigrant Residency Status Survey, 2001 • 1. Did ________ send money to friends or relatives in her/his native country in the year 2000? • 2. How much money did ________ send during the year 2000?

  5. KAISER-PEW Latino Survey, 2004 • QN101 101. Do you regularly send money back to country… • For foreign-born Latinos • Yes = 40% • Monthly amount = $101

  6. KAISER-PEW Latino Survey, 2004 • Do you regularly send money back to country in which you were born? 0 M Missing: Non Latinos 1 Yes 2 No 5 Missing: Native Born Latinos 6 Missing: Latino- DK/Refused Origin 8 Don't Know 9 Refused

  7. KAISER-PEW Latino Survey, 2004 QN102 102. How often do you send money back to country in which you were Born? 0 M Missing: Non Latinos 1 Once a week 2 A couple of times a month 3 Once a month 4 A few times a year 5 Once a year 6 Less often than that 8 Don't Know 9 Refused 10 M Missing: Do not send money 11 M Missing: Native Born Latinos 12 M Missing: Latino- DK/Refused Origin

  8. KAISER-PEW Latino Survey, 2004

  9. Pew National Survey of Latinos, 2008 Read if necessary: We know that people aren't used to talking about money. We are trying to get an overall picture of how families and friends continue to support and keep ties to each other while living in separate countries. We are NOT trying to find out about you or anyone personally. GIVANY -- In the last 12 months, did anyone in this household GIVE or SEND money TO relatives or friends living outside the U.S.? Please include all money for gifts or loans. Do NOT include money for charities or other organizations or groups. 1 Yes 2 No

  10. Pew National Survey of Latinos, 2008 MODULE 3: REMITTANCES ASK ALL IF Q5 = 2 OR R INSERT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FROM Q4 IF Q5 = 1, INSERT “PUERTO RICO” IF Q5 = 3 INSERT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FROM Q5a IF (DK OR REFUSED IN Q4) and ((Q5=2, D, R) or (Q5A=OTHER, D, R)), GO TO Q.49 43. Have you sent money to anyone in (INSERT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN) over the past year? 1 Yes 2 No 8 (DO NOT READ) Don’t know 9 (DO NOT READ) Refused

  11. Pew National Survey of Latinos, 2008 ASK Q.46 IF Q.43 = 1 46. Have you sent more or less money this year than you did the year before? 1 More (8%) 2 Less (38%) 3 (DO NOT READ) Same amount (14%) 8 (DO NOT READ) Don’t know 9 (DO NOT READ) Refused

  12. Pew National Survey of Latinos, 2008 ASK Q.44 IF Q.43 = 1 44. How often did you send money last year? 1 Once a week 2 At least once a month 3 Several times in the last year 4 Once in the past year 8 (DO NOT READ) Don’t know 9 (DO NOT READ) Refused

  13. Pew National 2008:method of sending

  14. Pew National 2008:Who $ sent to

  15. Current Population Survey, 2008 GIVNUM About how many times in total over the past 12 months was money given or sent? (Your best guess is fine.) • Enter number (acceptable range 1 to 97) GIVAMT In the past 12 months, about how much in total dollars was given or sent? (Your best guess is fine.) • Enter number of dollars sent.

  16. Estimating personal remittances with survey data

  17. Remittance receiving households:Receiving household surveys

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