Table 5.

Characteristics of migrants by region of destination in the United States.

		Region of destination in the US
		Traditional		Re-emerging		New
Characteristic		Border- land	Great Lakes	North- west	Great Plains	South- east	South	North- east	Total
Legal status at emigration
Undocumented		67.1%	77.3%	77.9%	59.5%	86.2%	79.9%	81.0%	73.8%
Tourist visa		20.2	7.9	12.0	20.9	8.3	4.8	5.5	14.8
Work visa/residence		12.7	14.8	10.1	19.5	5.6	15.3	13.5	11.4
Pct. returning by 2006		42.1%	34.8%	32.5%	43.0%	29.5%	38.0%	41.7%	37.0%
Avg. trip duration (mos.)		6.9	6.1	5.4	8.5	4.9	8.1	8.6	5.8
Age		44.1	44.6	44.2	46.2	43.6	41.1	46.5	44.5
Female		38.9%	35.0%	47.8%	38.3%	43.8%	42.4%	36.3%	40.1%
Educational attainment
No education		9.3%	9.2%	7.7%	9.0%	11.9%	8.2%	11.5%	11.6%
Incomplete primary		27.2	35.2	21.6	30.3	39.1	36.4	25.1	29.7
Complete primary		22.5	18.6	18.3	21.6	20.9	25.4	18.8	20.8
Some lower secondary		24.4	16.3	34.6	27.8	12.0	22.2	31.6	22.7
Some upper secondary		16.6	20.7	17.9	11.3	16.1	7.7	13.0	15.1
Marital status
Single		8.3%	4.5%	11.2%	9.3%	7.4%	2.7%	7.1%	7.7%
Married		78.6	82.1	74.1	78.3	79.1	87.2	76.3	78.1
Previously married		13.2	13.3	14.7	12.4	13.5	10.1	16.6	14.2
Position in household
Head		83.8%	83.5%	80.0%	78.8%	78.2%	81.5%	86.8%	81.3%
Spouse		9.7	11.9	10.6	11.9	12.4	13.5	7.4	11.1
Child		4.8	1.3	9.4	4.7	7.3	2.2	5.0	5.4
Other		1.7	3.2	0.0	4.6	2.1	2.9	0.8	2.2
N		1,224	173	76	105	293	67	123	2,477

Notes:

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  Estimates adjusted for complex sampling design
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  Bold indicates that mean is significantly different from overall mean (p<.05).
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  Italics indicates that mean is sig