Entire sample | Uncensored | Censored | ||||
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Mean | STD | Mean | STD | Mean | STD | |
Duration of each trip (months) | 17.79 | 37.98 | 14.12* | 28.53 | 71.16 | 86.81 |
Age (years) | 34.11 | 9.69 | 34.16* | 9.70 | 33.37 | 9.55 |
Years of schooling | 4.27 | 3.43 | 4.11* | 3.36 | 6.58 | 3.62 |
Consensual union (%) | 4 | 20 | 4* | 19 | 10 | 30 |
Never married (%) | 1 | 11 | 1* | 10 | 5 | 21 |
Once married but not now (%) | 0.4 | 6 | 0.4* | 6 | 1 | 11 |
Currently married (%) | 94 | 23 | 95* | 22 | 84 | 36 |
Num. of children under 18 | 3.02 | 2.34 | 3.07* | 2.36 | 2.24 | 1.82 |
Num. of adult children | 0.60 | 1.62 | 0.60 | 1.63 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
Num. of daughters under 18 | 1.44 | 1.41 | 1.46* | 1.42 | 1.12 | 1.26 |
Num. of sons under 18 | 1.48 | 1.43 | 1.51* | 1.45 | 1.05 | 1.09 |
Num. of children aged 0–4 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.99* | 0.97 | 0.61 | 0.75 |
Num. of children aged 5–8 | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.84* | 0.98 | 0.55 | 0.77 |
Num. of children aged 9–12 | 0.69 | 0.97 | 0.70* | 0.98 | 0.48 | 0.77 |
Num. of children aged 13–16 | 0.53 | 0.91 | 0.54* | 0.92 | 0.41 | 0.74 |
Num. of children aged 17–18 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.44 |
Num. of children under 18 traveling | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.04* | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.63 |
Num. of children under 18 waiting | 2.97 | 2.33 | 3.03* | 2.35 | 2.11 | 1.81 |
Num. of adult children traveling | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.04* | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.46 |
Num. of adult children waiting | 0.56 | 1.54 | 0.57* | 1.56 | 0.43 | 1.32 |
Num. of sons under 18 traveling | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.03* | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.39 |
Num. of daughters under 18 traveling | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.01* | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.34 |
Num. of sons under 18 waiting | 1.45 | 1.42 | 1.49* | 1.44 | 0.98 | 1.07 |
Num. of daughters under 18 waiting | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.44* | 1.42 | 1.06 | 1.24 |
Spouse traveling with (%) | 3 | 17 | 3* | 16 | 8 | 27 |
Spouse visited (%) | 1 | 11 | 1* | 9 | 6 | 24 |
Spouse waiting (%) | 96 | 20 | 97* | 18 | 86 | 35 |
Number of US trips | 6.18 | 6.57 | 6.36* | 6.66 | 3.53 | 4.20 |
Green card or citizenship (%) | 25 | 43 | 25* | 43 | 34 | 47 |
Visa (%) | 15 | 35 | 16* | 36 | 3 | 16 |
Travel illegally (%) | 60 | 49 | 60* | 49 | 63 | 48 |
IRCA (%) | 39 | 49 | 36* | 48 | 82 | 39 |
Distance between Mexico-US (km) | 1418 | 375 | 1415* | 375 | 1462 | 374 |
US unemployment rate | 6.07 | 1.47 | 6.09* | 1.48 | 5.81 | 1.23 |
Mexico unemployment rate | 4.55 | 1.66 | 4.62* | 1.67 | 3.78 | 1.33 |
Exchange rate | 2.60 | 3.43 | 2.36* | 3.27 | 5.50 | 3.99 |
Num. of observations | 17,052 | 15,954 (94%) | 1098 (6 %) |