Table 2.

a: Independent variables used to predict the likelihood of taking a first trip to the United States
Independent Variable	Mean/percent	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Community
Jalapa	0,223
Coyote	0,099
Montes	0,204
Lomas	0,107
Mesones	0,101
Alteño	0,165
Santa Rita	0,112
Demographic Status
Female	0,158
Age	27,36	18,17	15	93
Educational Status
Low	0,707
Medium	0,213
High	0,080
Occupational Status
Not Employed	0,394
Farm Worker	0,412
Manual Worker	0,124
Non-manual Worker	0,070
Has Social Security	0,124
Social Capital
Spouse has U.S. Experience	0,003
Other Family U.S. Experience	0,228
Male Prevalence Ratio	7,019	6,828	1,0	21,5
U.S. Mexico Income Gap
Ratio of Per Capita GDP	3,883	0,477	2,88	4,42
Period
Pre-GATT 1980–1986	0,656
Early Neoliberal 1987–1992	0,116
Late Neoliberal 1993–2004	0,228

Table 2b: Independent variables used to predict the likelihood of taking a first trip to Germany
Independent variable	Mean/ percent	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum	Mean/ percent (design- weighted)
Community
Jaraczewo	0,210				0,217
Poznan	0,218				0,215
Pawlów	0,287				0,291
Kielce	0,285				0,277
Demographic
Female	0,467				0,522
Age	34,116	10,964	17	67	34,705
Educational Status
Low	0,455				0,441
Medium	0,351				0,366
High	0,194				0,193
Occupational Status
Not Employed	0,517				0,512
Farm Worker	0,064				0,071
Manual Worker	0,195				0,175
Non-Manual Worker	0,223				0,243
Has Social Security	0,363				0,362
Social Capital
Spouse has Germany experience	0,040				0,038
Other Family Germany experience	0,067				0,060
Male Prevalence Ratio	9,950	6,629	0	25	9,859
Germany-Poland Poland Income Gap
Ratio of Per Capita GDP	3,160	0,323	2,6	3,8	3,158
Period
Late Communism	0,274				0,278
Collapse, Shock, Recession	0,153				0,151
Early Transition, PreEU	0,172				0,169
EU Candidate	0,348				0,347
EU Member	0,054				0,055