/ 16 May 1997

SA emigrants are happier

FRIDAY, 11.00AM

MORE than half the sample in an informal email survey of South African emigrants to the United States said their quality of life and prospects had improved in the US.

The survey, using a random sample of subscribers to Juluka, a newsletter for expatriates, found 80% had reported incomes above the median for American families. One fifth of the respondents were medical professionals, a quarter held management positions, and the rest were engineers, scientists, academics, lawyers and students.