title: [The Latin American immigrant population in Germany:  some socio-demographic characteristics].
abstract: "Initially the migrants from Latin America in the former West Germany [represented] 1% of the total migrant population; currently, their annual rate of growth is 5%.  This population is mainly represented by Brazilians, Chileans, Peruvians and Argentines. However, since 1984, Chileans and Argentines have begun a [return] movement to their countries....[The] high volume of female migrants...is directly related to a high demand in the [service] sector...." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005860:Germany, West; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Human Resources; International Migration; Latin America; Manpower Needs; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Sex Factors; Western Europe
vernacular_title: La poblacion latinoamericana inmigrante en Alemania:  algunas caracteristicas socio-demograficas.