Table 1.

Means and standard errors on legal migration and legalization

	Mexico		DR		Nicaragua
	A. Men
Born in the U.S.	0.012	(0.001)	0.027	(0.003)	0.008	(0.001)
Non-U.S.-born
Ever a U.S. migrant	0.208	(0.002)	0.129	(0.006)	0.062	(0.003)
Migrants with 2+ trips	0.325	(0.006)	0.136	(0.018)	0.133	(0.018)
Ever a permanent resident	0.033	(0.001)	0.105	(0.006)	0.026	(0.002)
LPR | ever a U.S. migrant	0.162	(0.005)	0.837	(0.021)	0.491	(0.030)
Made first U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.832	(0.012)	0.195	(0.024)	0.919	(0.024)
Pct. undocumented	0.936	(0.009)	0.956	(0.031)	0.916	(0.027)
Made last U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.460	(0.016)	0.154	(0.022)	0.867	(0.029)
Pct. undocumented	0.936	(0.009)	0.956	(0.031)	0.916	(0.027)
No. of individuals in sample	30,495		2,664		5,286
	B. Women
Born in the U.S.	0.012	(0.001)	0.022	(0.003)	0.009	(0.001)
Non-U.S.-born
Ever a U.S. migrant	0.071	(0.001)	0.118	(0.006)	0.048	(0.003)
Migrants with 2+ trips	0.159	(0.008)	0.093	(0.015)	0.113	(0.019)
Ever a permanent resident	0.018	(0.001)	0.104	(0.006)	0.022	(0.002)
LPR | ever a U.S. migrant	0.254	(0.010)	0.896	(0.017)	0.539	(0.033)
Made first U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.643	(0.020)	0.130	(0.020)	0.871	(0.030)
Pct. undocumented	0.949	(0.013)	0.923	(0.052)	0.928	(0.026)
Made last U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.486	(0.021)	0.113	(0.018)	0.855	(0.032)
Pct. undocumented	0.949	(0.013)	0.923	(0.052)	0.928	(0.026)
No. of individuals in sample	31,462		2,877		5,771
	C. Both Sexes
Born in the U.S.	0.012	(0.000)	0.023	(0.002)	0.008	(0.001)
Non-U.S.-born
Ever a U.S. migrant	0.138	(0.001)	0.123	(0.004)	0.055	(0.002)
Migrants with 2+ trips	0.282	(0.005)	0.115	(0.012)	0.124	(0.013)
Ever a permanent resident	0.026	(0.001)	0.104	(0.004)	0.024	(0.001)
LPR | ever a U.S. migrant	0.186	(0.004)	0.866	(0.014)	0.513	(0.022)
Made first U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.763	(0.011)	0.161	(0.015)	0.896	(0.019)
Pct. undocumented	0.940	(0.008)	0.944	(0.027)	0.922	(0.019)
Made last U.S. trip before becoming LPR	0.469	(0.013)	0.133	(0.014)	0.861	(0.021)
Pct. undocumented	0.940	(0.008)	0.944	(0.027)	0.922	(0.019)
No. of individuals in sample	61,957		5,553		11,057