Table 1.
Variables | Full Sample % or Mean (SD)a |
Stayers % or Mean (SD)a |
Return Migrants % or Mean (SD)a |
---|---|---|---|
Outcome | |||
Return to Mexico | 44.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
Health Variables | |||
Perceived change in health status | |||
Better | 22.6 | 24.0 | 20.8 |
Same | 66.2 | 65.2 | 67.5 |
Worse | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
Self-rated health status relative to same age and sex | |||
Better | 33.1 | 36.5 | 28.9 |
Same | 60.8 | 60.8 | 60.9 |
Worse | 6.1 | 2.7 | 10.2 |
Severe health problems | 14.5 | 12.6 | 16.8 |
Feel down, tired | 38.4 | 36.8 | 40.3 |
Wish to die | 6.4 | 5.7 | 7.2 |
Demographic Characteristics | |||
Male | 60.7 | 54.8 | 68.1 |
Age (years) | 27.3 (10.0) | 26.7 (9.7) | 28.1 (10.3) |
Schooling (years) | 8.1 (3.2) | 8.6 (3.2) | 7.5 (3.2) |
Rural origin (2002) | 47.3 | 53.3 | 39.9 |
Economic Characteristics | |||
Employment sector | |||
Not employed | 25.9 | 27.8 | 23.7 |
Construction | 20.3 | 16.4 | 25.1 |
Other sector | 53.8 | 55.8 | 51.2 |
Speaks English | 27.9 | 33.6 | 20.7 |
Assets | |||
No assets | 14.1 | 12.0 | 16.9 |
House | 4.4 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
Other assets | 81.4 | 80.2 | 83.0 |
Family Structure | |||
Children 0–12 years in United States | 22.9 | 29.0 | 15.2 |
Children 0–12 years in Mexico | 12.6 | 6.8 | 19.8 |
Spouse location | |||
No spouse | 46.1 | 47.7 | 44.0 |
Spouse in the United States | 34.2 | 41.9 | 24.6 |
Spouse in Mexico or elsewhere | 19.7 | 10.4 | 31.4 |
Geographic Characteristics | |||
State of residence in United States | |||
Texas | 15.3 | 23.0 | 5.7 |
Illinois | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
Other | 79.4 | 71.8 | 88.9 |
Region of origin in Mexicob | |||
Traditional migration states | 49.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 |
Newer migration states | 14.2 | 17.2 | 10.4 |
Other states | 36.0 | 32.4 | 40.5 |
N | 518 | 318 | 200 |
Weighted by rural residence.
Traditional migration states: Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacán. Newer migration states: Oaxaca and Puebla. Other states: Baja California Sur, Coahuila, D.F., Estado de México, Morelos, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, and Yucatán.