Income, amenities and negative attitudes

Table 2 Summary statistics

	Observations	Mean	Standard deviation	Min.	Max.
Individual characteristics
Ln income	145,014	11.3	1.5	−0.7	16.2
Share well educated	212,686	0.23	0.4	0	1
Age	212,910	37.0	11.9	15	65
Share women	212,686	0.51	0.5	0	1
Share married	212,686	0.59	0.5	0	1
Municipal characteristics where the stayers live
Neg. attitudes tow. immigration	94,632	0.338	0.1	0	0.64
Share refugees	94,632	0.075	0.05	0.003	0.264
Open unemployment	94,632	4.54	1.85	0.79	13.65
Municipal tax rate	94,608	31.1	1.27	26.5	34.41
Population	89,383	224.2	256.9	3.6	847.1
Latitude	94,632	58.4	1.69	55.37	67.17
Avge. min. temperature winter	94,632	−4.49	2.28	−18.67	−1.33
Municipal characteristics where the movers live
Neg. attitudes tow. immigration	118,047	0.332	0.1	0	0.75
Share refugees	118,047	0.073	0.05	0.003	0.264
Open unemployment	118,027	4.44	1.83	0.79	11.40
Municipal tax rate	118,005	31.03	1.22	26.5	34.41
Population (thousands)	110,830	210.9	243.7	3.2	847.1
Latitude	118,047	58.1	1.67	55.37	67.17
Avge. min. temperature winter	118,047	−4.10	2.17	−18,67	−1.33
Municipal characteristics where the movers were placed
Neg. attitudes tow. immigration	118,054	0.343	0.1	0	0.75
Share refugees	118,054	0.037	0.04	0.003	0.264
Open unemployment	118,054	4.39	1.74	0.79	13.79
Municipal tax rate	117,634	31.81	1.18	26.5	34.41
Population	110,836	75.2	156.6	2.5	847.1
Latitude	118,054	59.32	2.50	55.37	67.85
Avge. min. temperature winter	118,054	−6.35	3.61	−20	−1.33

Sample composed of citizens of the countries listed in Table 1 that immigrated to Sweden in the years 1985–1994. The sample corresponds to the years 1996–2010. Refugees include family reunification. “% high education” is the share of immigrants with more than high-school education. “Avge. min. temperature winter” is the average minimum temperature in winter in a 10-year period