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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2010 Jul;630(1):270–293. doi: 10.1177/0002716210368113

Table 4.

Age-specific transition probabilities to permanent resident per 10,000 population in the country of origin

Mexico DR Nicaragua
A. 1965 – 1985
0 – 14 1.9 (0.23) 15.5 (2.17) 0.5 (0.28)
15 – 34 9.9 (0.63) 63.1 (5.18) 2.9 (0.83)
35+ 4.6 (0.73) 45.1 (7.03) 6.9 (2.18)
All ages 5.1 (0.27) 36.6 (2.36) 2.1 (0.43)
B. 1986 - survey year
0 – 14 4.3 (0.46) 25.7 (4.01) 3.8 (0.95)
15 – 34 13.8 (0.67) 75.3 (5.79) 20.9 (1.97)
35+ 9.1 (0.69) 48.1 (5.95) 27.8 (2.91)
All ages 9.8 (0.37) 52.9 (3.19) 17.1 (1.15)
C. All periods
0 – 14 2.9 (0.22) 19.1 (1.92) 2.0 (0.42)
15 – 24 17.0 (0.53) 69.1 (3.74) 12.4 (1.10)
35+ 10.5 (0.60) 48.3 (4.45) 20.8 (2.03)
All ages 10.1 (0.26) 44.4 (1.88) 9.6 (0.60)

Notes: Standard errors of estimates are indicated between brackets