Table 1.

Characteristics of municipalities by quartile of migration, Mexico 2000

	Quartile of municipal migration
	First quartile (<10.8 per cent) n=78	Second quartile (10.8–16.2 per cent) n=79	Third quartile (16.3–21.7 per cent) n=78	Fourth quartile (±21.8 per cent) n=79	p-trend
Localities with <2,500 residents, per cent	55.0	48.4	60.5	56.1	0.412
Women 15–64 in the labour force, per cent	22.7	24.2	22.1	20.4	0.009
Households receiving remittances, per cent	4.0	7.8	10.8	13.0	<0.001
Mean household income, pesos	3,080	4,043	2,776	2,601	0.184

Source: 2000 Mexican Census