Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Key Variables Used in the Analysis of Inter-Neighborhood Migration by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity: Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1990-1995
| Native- Born Mexicans |
Foreign-Born Mexicans |
Mainland- Born Puerto Ricans |
Island-Born Puerto Ricans |
Native-Born Cubans |
Foreign-Born Cubans |
Non-Hispanic black |
Non-Hispanic white |
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| Variables | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. |
| Dependent Variables | ||||||||||||||||
| Percent Anglo in destination tracta |
47.53 | 27.99 | 32.66 | 26.91 | 42.47 | 29.81 | 41.44 | 29.78 | 48.62 | 31.02 | 26.68 | 22.97 | 31.22 | 29.87 | 81.42 | 18.58 |
| Percent black in destination tracta |
7.02 | 10.44 | 8.11 | 14.11 | 16.55 | 22.07 | 16.78 | 20.48 | 10.12 | 14.12 | 6.01 | 14.11 | 57.93 | 34.08 | 6.37 | 10.98 |
| Percent Latino in destination tracta |
39.20 | 29.19 | 51.20 | 29.26 | 32.89 | 24.39 | 35.73 | 26.97 | 37.28 | 32.76 | 65.09 | 28.08 | 7.03 | 12.56 | 7.34 | 12.02 |
| Independent Variables | ||||||||||||||||
| Family income (in $1,000s) |
22.27 | 25.57 | 17.27 | 17.05 | 17.88 | 22.08 | 11.42 | 16.26 | 32.25 | 34.15 | 18.76 | 21.22 | 17.91 | 21.39 | 40.55 | 60.83 |
| Education (years) | 10.90 | 3.67 | 8.05 | 3.98 | 11.58 | 3.03 | 9.01 | 4.03 | 11.84 | 3.13 | 10.79 | 3.88 | 11.66 | 2.66 | 13.29 | 2.61 |
| Homeowner | .56 | .50 | .42 | .49 | .21 | .41 | .18 | .38 | .58 | .49 | .50 | .50 | .34 | .47 | .66 | .47 |
| Number of children | 1.19 | 1.39 | 1.80 | 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.42 | 1.15 | 1.33 | .65 | .97 | .60 | .92 | 1.09 | 1.32 | .78 | 1.09 |
| N of Person-Years | 2135 | 2057 | 389 | 1079 | 267 | 1753 | 10482 | 14705 | ||||||||
| N of Persons | 604 | 579 | 112 | 307 | 72 | 472 | 3134 | 4325 | ||||||||
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Percentages of tract racial/ethnic composition based on movers only.