El Siglo newspaper Penn, Schoen & Berland poll results published today show that 28% of all Dominicans (2.4 million) receive remittances from friends and relatives abroad. For 25% of those that receive remittances, the money is their principal source of income. The survey shows that 36% of those that live in the North receive remittances, followed by 31% in the South, 22% in Santo Domingo, and 13% in the East. More middle class and upper income persons receive remittances, 33 and 32%, than low-income persons, 24%.