Table 1.

Permanent Migration
Percent of adults permanently out-migrating from 1989 to 1999		Mean
Men		10%
Women		10%
Principal Destinations	Primary employment
Guatemala City	Factory or Service worker	35%
Peten	Acquire Land for Farming	35%
USA	Factory, Service, or Agricultural work	10%
Other	Plantation laborer	10%
Principal pushes/pulls
Work		35%
Land		30%
Improve living standard/education		20%
Natural disasters/Env. degradation		10%
Remittances	From migrants to the following Proportion sending
	USA	Almost all
	Guatemala City	Some
	Peten	None

Source: Interviews with community leaders in 28 communities of migrant origin throughout rural Guatemala.