TABLE 4.
Mexico | Costa Rica |
Puerto Rico |
Nicaragua | Dominican Republic |
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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 |
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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 |