Table 1 Descriptive statistics for micro-level control variables
From: Source country characteristics and immigrants’ optimal migration duration decision
A) Person level characteristics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. obs. | Mean St. | Dev. | Min | Max | |
Age at arrival | 827 | 28.48 | 6.82 | 18 | 49 |
Years of residence at 1984 | 827 | 15.66 | 5.42 | 1 | 32 |
Years of residence until last survey | 827 | 23.74 | 8.31 | 1 | 48 |
B) Person-year level characteristics | |||||
No. obs. | Mean St. | Dev. | Min | Max | |
Age | 7154 | 49.82 | 9.41 | 20 | 80 |
Duration of residence (years) | 7154 | 21.85 | 7.05 | 1 | 48 |
High school graduate | 7154 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 |
College graduate | 7154 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
1974–83 Cohort | 7154 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 |
Greek | 7154 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 |
Italian | 7154 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 |
Spanish | 7154 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0 | 1 |
Married | 7154 | 0.88 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 |