Table 1.

Characteristics of business in the sample by estimated sector location.

	Formal	Informal	All
	Mean (S.D.)	Mean (S.D.)	Mean (S.D.)
Business type (REF = Trade [store/middleman])	21.8% (4.7%)	44.6% (6.7%)	42.2% (6.5%)
Street vendor	0.8% (0.9%)	20.7% (4.5%)	18.6% (4.3%)
Workshop/Factory	17.7% (4.2%)	11.6% (3.4%)	12.2% (3.5%)
Restaurants	5.6% (2.4%)	4.1% (2.0%)	4.2% (2.1%)
Personal and other services	7.3% (2.7%)	12.8% (3.6%)	12.2% (3.5%)
Professional services	33.9% (5.8%)	0.0% (0.0%)	3.6% (1.9%)
Primary sector (agriculture, cattle raising)	5.6% (2.4%)	2.1% (1.4%)	2.5% (1.6%)
Other	7.3% (2.7%)	4.2% (2.0%)	4.5% (2.1%)
No. of family workers	3.0 (3.0)	1.5 (0.9)	1.6 (1.1)
No. of nonfamily workers	2.6 (5.3)	0.3 (0.7)	0.5 (1.2)
Percent with no nonfamily workers > no. family workers	34.0% (5.8%)	7.0% (2.6%)	9.8% (28.2%)
Percent with more than 5 workers	58.9% (7.6%)	0.3% (0.5%)	6.4% (23.7%)
Percent financed with migradollars	9.7% (3.1%)	12.0% (3.5%)	11.8% (30.3%)
Other financing source (REF = Savings)	74.2% (22.2%)	86.5% (12.5%)	84.0% (14.7%)
Bank loan	15.3% (33.1%)	0.3% (5.3%)	1.8% (13.2%)
Loan from friends/family	5.7% (22.4%)	7.6% (25.5%)	7.5% (25.3%)
Other	4.8% (20.9%)	5.6% (22.3%)	6.7% (24.2%)
N	124	1,055	1,179

Sources: Households starting businesses within 15 years of survey year, living in urban communities (2,500+ hab.) in the Mexican Migration Project MMP128 database.