Table 1 Definition of variables
Variables | Definition |
|---|---|
Duration of each (the last) US trip (months) | Individual’s duration for each (the last) US trip |
Entire US duration (months) | Individual’s entire US duration for all US trips |
Age (years) | Individual’s age at the time of migration |
Years of schooling | Individual’s year of schooling at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Consensual union | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual is in a consensual union at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Never married | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual has never married before the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Once married not now | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual has once married but is not married at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Currently married | Benchmark Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual is married at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children | Number of children at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children under 18 | Number of children under 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Number of adult children | Number of children over 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of adult daughters | Number of daughters over 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of adult sons | Number of sons over 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of daughters under 18 | Number of daughters under 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of sons under 18 | Number of sons under 18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children aged 0–4 | Number of children aged 0–4 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children aged 5–8 | Number of children aged 5–8 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children aged 9–12 | Number of children aged 9–12 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children aged 13–16 | Number of children aged 13–16 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children aged 17–18 | Number of children aged 17–18 at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children under 18 traveling | Number of children under 18 traveling with their parents at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of children under 18 waiting | Number of children under 18 staying in the home country at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of adult children traveling | Number of children over 18 traveling with fathers at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of adult children waiting | Number of children over 18 staying in the home country at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of sons under 18 traveling | Number of sons under 18 traveling with fathers at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of daughters under 18 traveling | Number of daughters under 18 traveling with fathers at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of sons under 18 waiting | Number of sons under 18 staying in the home country at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Num. of daughters under 18 waiting | Number of daughters under 18 staying in the home country at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Spouse traveling with | Dichotomous variable = 1 if migrant’s wife travels with him at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip |
Spouse visited | Dichotomous variable = 1 if migrant’s wife visits him in each (the last) US trip |
Spouse waiting | Benchmark: no wife or wife not traveling with them at the arrival year of each (the last) US trip and not visiting |
Number of US trips | Individual’s accumulated number of US trips before each (the last) US trip |
Green card or citizenship | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual holds green card or citizenship when entering the US in each (the last) US trip |
Visa | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual holds a legal visa when entering the US in each (the last) US trip |
Travel illegally | Benchmark: no green card, citizenship, nor legal visa |
English proficiency (0–4 scale) | Host country language proficiency, 4 indicates the highest English proficiency |
IRCA a | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual migrated after 1986 |
Searched job | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual gets a job by searching in each (the last) US trip |
Contracted job | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual gets a contracted job when enter the US in each (the last) US trip |
Recommended job | Benchmark: dichotomous variable = 1 if individual gets a job by others’ recommendation when entering the US in each (the last) US trip |
Other job | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual gets a job in other ways when entering the US in each (the last) US trip |
No job | Dichotomous variable = 1 if individual does not have a job in each (the last) US trip |
Distance between Mexico and the US (km) | Distance between the states in Mexico and the states in the US |
Difference in unemployment rate (US-Mexico) | Unemployment rate at the arrival year in the US-unemployment rate at the arrival year in Mexico |
Exchange rate | Exchange rate (USD/Mexican Peso) |
Monthly wage in the US (Dollars) | Individual’s monthly wage in the US (real) |