Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Exogenous Variables, by Sex and Ethnic/Legal Group
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc. Mexican Immigrants | Undoc. Mexican Immigrants | Mexican-Americans | Non-Latino White Natives | Doc. Mexican Immigrants | Undoc. Mexican Immigrants | Mexican-Americans | Non-Latino White Natives | |
| Labor market experience | 22.27 | 16.71 | 17.55 | 21.12 | 24.57 | 17.75 | 19.31 | 22.89 |
| Education (years of schooling) | 7.90 | 7.99 | 10.73 | 11.63 | 7.86 | 8.32 | 10.87 | 11.74 |
| Age at arrival to the U.S. | 19.87 | 21.03 | -- | -- | 20.95 | 22.50 | -- | -- |
| Occupation: | ||||||||
| Managerial and Professional | .03 | .0 2 | .0 6 | .0 9 | .0 3 | .0 1 | .1 0 | .1 5 |
| Technical, Sales, and Administrative |
.05 | .05 | .17 | .15 | .17 | .18 | .48 | .47 |
| Service | .16 | .15 | .13 | .10 | .39 | .29 | .24 | .20 |
| Farming, Forestry, and Fishing | .15 | .16 | .06 | .03 | .08 | .08 | .01 | .01 |
| Production, Craft, and Repairers | .24 | .26 | .23 | .29 | .06 | .08 | .03 | .03 |
| Operatives and Laborers | .37 | .35 | .35 | .34 | .27 | .36 | .13 | .13 |
| N of individuals | 1,1 49 | 375 | 828 | 9,9 17 | 732 | 171 | 742 | 9,3 23 |
| N of person-months | 32,598 | 8,817 | 22,932 | 294,518 | 16,410 | 3,413 | 17,829 | 258,364 |