Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for the ACS Sample
| Variable | Natives |
Immigrants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Individual Characteristics | ||||
| Female | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.49 |
| Age | 39.13 | 13.48 | 38.44 | 11.94 |
| Married | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.48 |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.32 |
| Never married | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 0.81 | 0.40 | 0.18 | 0.38 |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.27 |
| Other race (non-Hispanic) | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.42 |
| Hispanic | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.50 |
| No high school diploma | 0.10 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| High school diploma | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.24 | 0.43 |
| Some college | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.19 | 0.39 |
| College degree | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.43 |
| Years in the United States | — | — | 15.71 | 11.40 |
| Speaks only English at home | 0.93 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.36 |
| Speaks English very well | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| Speaks English well | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.41 |
| Speaks English not well | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.41 |
| Speaks English not at all | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.30 |
| N | 1,492,416 | 215,223 | ||
| Injury and Fatality Rates | ||||
| Industry injury rate | 140.55 | 87.99 | 148.74 | 84.92 |
| Occupation injury rate | 108.83 | 118.50 | 139.69 | 129.15 |
| Industry fatality rate | 4.71 | 9.57 | 6.50 | 12.19 |
| Occupation fatality rate | 5.93 | 56.79 | 7.54 | 66.95 |
Notes: Observations are weighted using the person weights in the ACS. The sample includes only individuals aged 16 and older who are employed in the private sector and not self-employed. Injury rates are per 10,000 workers, and fatality rates are per 100,000 workers.