TABLE 4.

Percent of Male and Female Householders who have Ever been to the United States by Country and Current Marital Status

	Mexico	Costa Rica	Puerto Rico	Nicaragua	Dominican Republic
Male householders
Never married	39.4	6.7	25.0	10.9	7.1
Legally married	41.7	16.2	41.4	12.4	22.4
Consensual union	29.4	10.5	32.7	3.2	11.9
Separated or divorced	51.5	19.5	45.8	13.3	18.0
Total	40.9	15.3	41.0	9.7	17.8
Female householders
Never married	12.4	5.5	36.7	3.1	10.2
Legally married	11.8	5.6	30.7	9.1	14.7
Consensual union	12.6	5.9	31.7	1.7	4.7
Separated or divorced	16.7	9.3	47.6	7.6	22.5
Total	12.1	5.9	35.3	6.8	12.5
Ratio of female to male migrants within category
Never married	0.31	0.82	1.47	0.28	1.44
Legally married	0.28	0.35	0.74	0.73	0.66
Consensual union	0.43	0.56	0.97	0.53	0.39
Separated or divorced	0.32	0.48	1.04	0.57	1.25
Total	0.30	0.39	0.86	0.70	0.70