Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for urban Mexican men and women by reason for migrating, 2005–2010

	Men			Women
	Nonmigrant	Work Migrant	Other Migrant	Nonmigrant	Work Migrant	Other Migrant
Age
15 to 24 years	32.6	35.7	51.2	29.9	48.5	46.6
25 to 34 years	24.3	33.3	24.6	24.9	25.4	31.7
35 to 44 years	23.3	20.3	14.1	24.6	15.5	10.4
45 to 55 years	19.8	10.8	10.1	20.6	10.7	11.3
Education
Less than primary	7.4	9.5	5.6	9.3	4.3	5.7
Complete primary	18.7	26.0	13.7	19.3	20.4	11.6
Complete middle school	35.6	39.2	34.1	32.3	32.7	27.0
Complete high school or technical degree	23.4	17.2	32.9	25.7	30.3	30.5
Complete college or more	14.9	8.1	13.7	13.4	12.4	25.3
Marital Status
Single	41.6	44.7	75.5	36.8	53.4	62.3
Married	44.4	39.8	18.4	44.2	23.8	28.3
Cohabiting	10.7	13.2	4.3	10.6	11.3	3.9
Separated, divorced, or widowed	3.3	2.4	1.8	8.4	11.5	5.5
Employment
Employed	78.9	77.9	56.2	49.4	51.4	37.9
Employed informal sector	40.7	54.2	34.8	26.5	29.9	17.5
Employed informal: Self-employed	17.9	17.7	13.2	9.8	8.1	5.7
Employed informal: Other	22.9	36.5	21.5	16.7	21.8	11.8
Employed formal sector	38.1	23.6	21.1	22.9	21.2	20.5
Unemployed	4.0	8.7	6.1	2.9	3.4	6.3
Not economically active	17.1	13.4	37.7	47.7	45.2	55.8