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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Int Migr Rev. 2014 Mar 7;48(2):482–499. doi: 10.1111/imre.12065

Table 1. Means and standard deviations used in the analysis of wages earned by Mexican migrants to the United States 1970-2010.

 Variable Mean SD
Outcome
 Wage in 2010 Dollars 11.96 16.32
Period
 1970-1971 0.02 0.13
 1972-1973 0.02 0.15
 1974-1975 0.03 0.18
 1976-1977 0.03 0.18
 1978-1979 0.05 0.21
 1980-1981 0.05 0.22
 1982-1983 0.04 0.2
 1984-1985 0.06 0.23
 1986-1987 0.07 0.26
 1988-1989 0.12 0.33
 1990-1991 0.11 0.31
 1992-1993 0.07 0.25
 1994-1995 0.09 0.28
 1996-1997 0.06 0.24
 1998-1999 0.06 0.24
 2000-2001 0.05 0.21
 2002-2003 0.03 0.17
 2004-2005 0.02 0.14
 2006-2009 0.02 0.13
Individual characteristics
 Age on last trip 32.9 10.84
 Female 0.17 0.37
 Household head 0.55 0.5
 Undocumented on last trip 0.73 0.45
 Temporary worker on last trip 0.02 0.15
 School years completed 6.55 3.76
 Unskilled occupation on last trip 0.46 0.5
 Skilled occupation on last trip 0.29 0.45
 Priortrips 2.31 4.51
 Prior months in U.S. 32.21 56.82
 Months of last trip 42.54 61.51
Contextual Circumstances
 Percent Mexicans undocumented 60.73 6.46