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The problems involved in interviewing multiple members of the same household are discussed using data from a field investigation conducted in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The set of decisions made in designing the study are presented & the implications of these decisions carefully examined. Notable were the difficulties in locating M's & conducting interviews with them after prior interviews had been made with their spouses. For 1, 031 interviews successfully completed with F spouses of M heads of household or F household heads, in less than 50% of the households could interviews with M spouses be made. The general applicability of these results is discussed & certain solutions suggested. AA.

Prospective return migrants to Puerto Rico and prospective permanent residents in New York are examined with respect to a number of factors that relate to their return migration choice, such as ties with Puerto Rico and visits back to the island. Although the significance of the study is reduced by the small sample used, the important question raised of how to identify prospective return migrants should certainly stimulate further research. In fact, the possibility of having migrants as carriers of social change in the areas to which they return could lead to effective transformation of the underdeveloped regions originating emigration. Therefore, careful training of, and planning for, return migrants should be a concern of governmental and private agencies in both the country to which the migrants come and to which they return.