TABLE 2.

Mean Characteristics of Latino Immigrants to Spain and the United States

Variable	Description	All migrants		Documented migrants		Undocumented migrants
		Spain	USA	Spain	USA	Spain	USA
Employment outcomes
Employed	Currently employed	0.81	0.75*	0.81	0.68*	0.83	0.81
Wage in PPP dollars	Current, average hourly wage for main job (PPP 2007)	5.65	10.37*	6.16	10.86*	4.76	10.70*
Skilled occupations	Including educators, scientists, entertainers, government	0.28	0.21*	0.30	0.30	0.12	0.15
Demographic background
Age	Age at time of interview	37.03	39.44*	37.65	41.95*	32.70	37.30*
Female	Female	0.57	0.56	0.57	0.62*	0.60	0.51*
Married	Married or in civil union/common-law relationship	0.47	0.69*	0.49	0.66*	0.36	0.72*
Children	Number of minor children in residence	0.66	1.00*	0.69	0.74	0.54	1.25*
Human and social capital
Secondary school	Completed secondary II (ENI) or 12 years (NIS)	0.66	0.44*	0.66	0.55*	0.62	0.33*
Experience years	Total number of years in destination country	9.56	8.71*	10.49	4.71*	3.80	12.82*
Parent	Mother or father in Spain or U.S. at time of interview	0.14	0.18*	0.15	0.15	0.06	0.21*
Spouse	Spouse in Spain or U.S. at time of interview	0.42	0.59*	0.44	0.57*	0.29	0.61*
N		4725	2490	3779	1139	714	1258

Source: New Immigrant Survey (NIS) 2003; Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI) 2007.

Notes: PPP, purchasing power parity.

^*Two countries statistically different at p < 0.05.