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30% of South Florida's Hispanics surveyed send money back to their home country.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c37649) has announced the addition of Hispanic Markets - Money Remittance Habits Among South Florida's Hispanics to their offering. E[acute accent acute accent
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]Latin Review is an ongoing survey. The publication provides information on demographics and consumer behavior across a broad variety of topics such as communication, internet usage, money remittances, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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, property ownership and credit and media habits, among others. Latin Review 2006 is the latest release of this publication, showing the findings of 420 South Florida Hispanics from Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and the Caribbean. Demographic analysis Demographic analysis uses administrative records to develop an independent estimate of the population [1]. Demographic analysis estimates are often considered a reliable standard for judging the accuracy of the census information gathered at any time.  for key nationalities (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Central America, and other South American countries List of American countries

Nations:
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Bahamas
) is made across all topics surveyed. E[acute accent]Latin Review 2006 is the second edition of this survey which studies Hispanic markets in the US and key Latin American markets. E[acute accent]Hispanic markets - Report on money remittance habits among South Florida's Hispanics - E[acute accent]The publication provides key information on the remittance business, how are remittances made and who the key recipients are. Findings show that 30% of South Florida's Hispanics surveyed send money to their home country. The top choices for remitting funds include global money transfer services and funds transferred through persons traveling to their home country. However, one out of five Hispanics surveyed is sending money through banks. E[acute accent]Methodology: quantitative market research study, interviews by interception in commercial areas.

E[acute accent]Geographic Coverage: Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

E[acute accent]Universe: men and woman, between 18 and 65 years old, born in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , first generation, with at least 6 months living in United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

E[acute accent]Sample distribution by hispanics country of origin:

E[acute accent]Argentina (48)

E[acute accent]Mexico (39)

E[acute accent]Colombia (60)

E[acute accent]Venezuela (48)

E[acute accent]Peru (43)

E[acute accent]Central America (54)

E[acute accent]Cuba (40)

E[acute accent]Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo.  (20)

E[acute accent]Other South American countries (68)

E[acute accent]TOTAL SAMPLE 420

E[acute accent]Topics Covered

E[acute accent]--Incidence of senders - by home country

E[acute accent]--Means used for sending remittances

E[acute accent]--Profile of money senders to Latin America

E[acute accent]--Major considerations in selecting a remittance service

E[acute accent]--Frequency of remittances

E[acute accent]--Monthly average amount per transaction

E[acute accent]--Usage given to remittances at destination

E[acute accent]For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c37649
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