. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2013 Aug;50(4):1303–1314. doi: 10.1007/s13524-012-0187-8

Table 1.

Adult male migrants between 2002 and 2005

Mid-period Characteristics	Men Aged 15 and Older		Men Aged 30 and Older
Mid-period Characteristics	U.S. Migrants	Domestic Migrants	U.S. Migrants	Domestic Migrants
Mean Age	27.2	30.8	42.4	47.6
Mean Number of Children in Mexico Under Age 15	0.64	0.66	1.56	1.00
Any Children In Mexico Under Age 15 (%)	30	34	68	50
By age of child
0–4	16	21	23	18
5–9	16	15	41	26
10–14	14	13	45	30
N	467	560	145	221
As a Percentage of Comparably Aged Adult Males	5.9	7.5	2.8	4.6

Notes: Mid-period characteristics are assessed by averaging measured characteristics in 2002 and 2005. “Adult” refers to persons aged 15 or older; “children” refers to persons younger than 15.

Source: Mexican Family Life Survey.