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Table 2 Descriptive statistics, 2010

From: (Why) are immigrants unhappy?

 

Mean

 

Natives

Immigrants

Life satisfaction

7.112

6.678

Age

44.203

51.392

Male

0.485

0.515

Married

0.583

0.781

Years of education

12.465

9.996

Employed

0.51

0.447

Works in occupation trained for

0.68

0.642

Owns house/apartment

0.589

0.362

Has insecure job

1.636

1.879

Serious illness

0.407

0.365

Years since migration

 

33.934

Minority identity

 

0.58

Majority identity

 

0.202

German citizenship

 

0.245

Speaks German

 

0.837

Writes German

 

0.593

  1. Note: All differences between groups are significant at the 1 % level