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40 % of pop urban 22% (vs 17% in 1971) 41 Jelin, Elizabeth, "Migration & Labor Force Participation of Latin American Women: The Domestic Servants in the Cities", in [[underline]] Women & Nat. Dev [[/underline]], Wellesley Editorial Committee, U. Chicago, 1977 [LEFT MARGIN: p 129] for the indiv. migrant, domestic service may be an important means of adaptation to urban life & the urban labor market, altho [although] some stigma attached to this kind of work [LEFT MARGIN: p 130] urbaniz. has been rapid in Latin Amer. w/ most of the growth in one or two primary cities in each country industrializ. did not keep pace w/ urbaniz. so can say high migr. a result of rural econ. crises, very high rate of pop. growth in rural areas, & the attraction of city life w/ scarsity [scarcity] of productive industrial jobs, migrants flooded the service sector [LEFT MARGIN: p 131] thruout [throughout] Latin Amer. migration rates for females are higher than for males; this despite traditions of machismo, & male control over women [LEFT MARGIN: p 132] 2 dominant categories of female migrants: 1. young women arriving alone and looking for jobs 2. women who arrive with families