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Table 1 Summary statistics - Male/Female

From: Does intermarriage change migrants’ preferences for the home country?

Table 1a. Summary statistics - Male

 

Married

Single

All

 

Before moving

Before entering

After entering

  

Description

to Germany

SOEP

SOEP

  

Average intentions

0.73

0.64

0.57

0.54

0.65

 

(0.36)

(0.38)

(0.37)

(0.43)

(0.39)

Average remittances

0.29

0.28

0.10

0.06

0.22

 

(0.30)

(0.30)

(0.17)

(0.17)

(0.28)

Return migrants

0.29

0.28

0.10

0.06

0.22

 

(0.49)

(0.38)

(0.26)

(0.42)

(0.43)

German spouse

0.04

0.14

0.28

0

0.12

 

(0.20)

(0.34)

(0.45)

 

(0.32)

Age at entry

31

19

10

10

20

 

(6.93)

(6.36)

(6.20)

(8.46)

(10.92)

Year of immigration

1972

1972

1976

1970

1972

 

(9.00)

(8.49)

(6.63)

(130.16)

(61.34)

Years of education

9

9

10

7

9

 

(2.67)

(2.58)

(2.40)

(5.05)

(3.49)

German spoken

1.98

2.44

2.74

2.65

2.33

 

(0.64)

(0.58)

(0.39)

(0.55)

(0.65)

Number of children

1

1

1

1

1

 

(1.16)

(1.23)

(1.15)

(1.36)

(1.25)

Low income group

0.27

0.13

0.42

0.71

0.33

 

(0.45)

(0.34)

(0.50)

(0.45)

(0.47)

Medium income group

0.38

0.34

0.41

0.20

0.33

 

(0.49)

(0.48)

(0.49)

(0.40)

(0.47)

High income group

0.34

0.52

0.16

0.08

0.33

 

(0.48)

(0.50)

(0.37)

(0.28)

(0.47)

Greek

0.14

0.12

0.06

0.13

0.13

 

(0.35)

(0.33)

(0.25)

(0.34)

(0.33)

Italian

0.13

0.24

0.17

0.18

0.18

 

(0.34)

(0.43)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.39)

Spanish

0.11

0.13

0.04

0.12

0.11

 

(0.31)

(0.33)

(0.21)

(0.32)

(0.31)

Portuguese

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.00

 

(0.05)

(0.07)

(0.10)

(0.07)

(0.07)

Turkish

0.39

0.33

0.57

0.37

0.38

 

(0.49)

(0.47)

(0.50)

(0.48)

(0.49)

Ex-Yugoslav

0.22

0.18

0.13

0.20

0.19

 

(0.42)

(0.38)

(0.34)

(0.40)

(0.40)

Number of observations

707

747

201

464

2,119

Table 1b. Summary statistics - Female

 

Married

Single

All

 

Before moving

Before entering

After entering

  

Description

to Germany

SOEP

SOEP

  

Average intentions

0.73

0.65

0.60

0.58

0.67

 

(0.63)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.44)

(0.38)

Average remittances

0.11

0.10

0.05

0.03

0.09

 

(0.20)

(0.18)

(0.14)

(0.11)

(0.18)

Return migrants

0.34

0.18

0.10

0.24

0.25

 

(0.47)

(0.39)

(0.30)

(0.43)

(0.43)

German spouse

0.03

0.07

0.17

0

0.06

 

(0.16)

(0.26)

(0.38)

 

(0.24)

Age at entry

30

17

9

11

21

 

(9.09)

(6.23)

(6.04)

(9.86)

(11.69)

Year of immigration

1974

1974

1978

1973

1974

 

(8.68)

(9.12)

(7.60)

(108.91)

(46.08)

Years of education

8

9

9

6

8

 

(2.83)

(2.63)

(2.70)

(5.08)

(2.85)

German spoken

1.71

2.16

2.65

2.57

2.06

 

(0.67)

(0.70)

(0.59)

(0.67)

(0.76)

Number of children

1

1

1

1

1

 

(1.20)

(1.14)

(1.00)

(1.65)

(1.26)

Low income group

0.45

0.39

0.34

0.22

0.33

 

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.47)

(0.50)

(0.50)

Medium income group

0.21

0.23

0.33

0.23

0.23

 

(0.41)

(0.42)

(0.47)

(0.42)

(0.42)

High income group

0.34

0.38

0.34

0.22

0.33

 

(0.47)

(0.49)

(0.47)

(0.41)

(0.47)

Greek

0.13

0.14

0.08

0.10

0.12

 

(0.34)

(0.35)

(0.27)

(0.30)

(0.33)

Italian

0.14

0.18

0.17

0.13

0.16

 

(0.35)

(0.39)

(0.38)

(0.34)

(0.36)

Spanish

0.10

0.12

0.03

0.07

0.10

 

(0.30)

(0.33)

(0.16)

(0.26)

(0.30)

Portuguese

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

 

(0.09)

(0.07)

(0.11)

(0.08)

(0.08)

Turkish

0.38

0.37

0.54

0.43

0.40

 

(0.49)

(0.48)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.49)

Ex-Yugoslav

0.24

0.18

0.17

0.26

0.22

 

(0.43)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.44)

(0.41)

Number of observations

782

644

155

333

1,914

  1. Note. The numbers indicate mean values, standard deviations are in parentheses. Observations with missing information on the nationality of the spouse are included. These are missing observations for the following variables: intentions to return, year of education, German spoken and number of children.