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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2013 Jan 31;42(4):1092–1108. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.01.006
Household Characteristics A. Migrant households B. Nonmigrant households
  Head Returned From U.S. - -
  Head in U.S. - -
  Cumulative Migration Experience - -
  Years Since Return - -
 Business Properties Owned 1.00 2.87
 Other Non-Residential Properties 3.32 a 0.58 a
 Residential Properties Owned 0.86 1.04
 Other Residential Properties 1.72 1.85 **
 Average Household Schooling 1.22 ** 1.13 **
 Age of Household Head 1.00 0.97
 At Least One Child in Age Group
  Children ages 0–4 1.46 0.71
  Children ages 5–12 1.05 1.13
  Children ages 13–17 0.93 1.62
Community and Municipality Level Characteristics
 US Migration Prevalence Ratio (%) 1.06 1.01
 Female LF Participation Rate (%) 0.96 0.93
 Pct. Self-Employed in Municipality1 1.03 a 0.96 *a
 Pct. Employer in Municipality1 1.11 1.47
Community Size (REF = Metropolitan Area)
  Smaller Urban Area 0.13 * 0.43
  Town 0.13 b 1.27 b
Regions (REF = Historical)
  Border 0.12 *b 0.61 b
  Central 0.75 0.61
  Southeast 0.56 0.76
Model Evaluation
 Events 296 883
 Household-years 18138 76677
 Log-likelihood −1534.73 −4961.2

p < 0.1

*

p <0.05

**

p <0.01

***

p < 0.001

Sources: Household data are from Mexican Migration Project; community-level data are from 1980, 1990, and 2000 Mexican Population and

Notes:

1

Percent pertains to occupied economically active population

a

Coefficient difference between migrants and nonmigrants significant at the .05 level

b

Coefficient difference between migrants and nonmigrants significant at the .10 level