Table 1.
A Snapshot of the Undocumented Migrants’ Demographic Background, 2008‐2009.
| Nationality | NMC | % | Gender |
Average Age |
Marital Status | ANCH | Religion | ALED* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | MA | S | D | W | M | C | ||||||
| Yemeni | 29 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Filipino | 26 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 |
| Indonesian | 30 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| India | 28 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 10 |
| Pakistani | 24 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| Bangladeshi | 36 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 9 |
| African | 61 | 27 | 18 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Total | 234 | 100 | 94 | 140 | x̅ = 32 | 101 | 121 | 10 | 2 | x̅ = 4 | 207 | 27 | x̅ = 7 |
Abbreviations: %, per cent; ANCH, average number of children; C, Christian; D, divorced; F, female; M, male; M, Muslim; MA, married; NMC, number of migrants in each community; S, single; W, widow; x̅, average mean.
*
ALED=average level of education of interviewees calculated by using US high school grade level system that uses 12‐grade levels. Grade 0 (zero) stands for no formal education, Grade 1 stands for the first year in school, and Grade 12 stands for the final year in high school
Source: Author's fieldwork data (2015)