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This paper analyzes the migration of Puerto Rim-born women from the United States to Puerto Rico using longitudinal data. We hypothesize that sojourn length in tbe United States is a function of both structural (macro-level economic and cultural factors) and behavioral (micro-level life-cycle experiences and personal attributes) variables. We test these hypotheses by estimating a proportional hazards model. The parameter estimates of this model indicate that sojourn length in the United States, and thus the decision to return to Pueno Kco, is a function of wage trends and community characteristics on the mainland plus a number of individual attributes that include education, marriage, and childbirth. © 1993 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.