Table 2 Summary statistics
From: Illegal immigration and media exposure: evidence on individual attitudes
Variable | No of obs. | Mean | Median | Std. dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual level | ||||||
Pro_lenient_plan dummy | 24,546 | 0.385 | 0 | 0.487 | 0 | 1 |
Pro_lenient_plan2 dummy | 11,050 | 0.289 | 0 | 0.454 | 0 | 1 |
Age | 24,546 | 48.773 | 49 | 14.886 | 18 | 93 |
Female dummy | 24,546 | 0.485 | 0 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
Black dummy | 24,546 | 0.097 | 0 | 0.297 | 0 | 1 |
Latino dummy | 24,546 | 0.081 | 0 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 |
Immigrant origin | 24,546 | 1.425 | 1 | 0.645 | 1 | 3 |
Education | 24,546 | 3.338 | 3 | 1.366 | 1 | 6 |
Household income | 24,546 | 8.388 | 8 | 3.315 | 1 | 14 |
Labor force dummy | 24,546 | 0.671 | 1 | 0.470 | 0 | 1 |
Conservative ideology (100-point scale) | 19,333 | −0.006 | 0 | 0.829 | −1 | 1 |
Party id (3-point scale) | 24,546 | 55.249 | 51 | 27.278 | 0 | 100 |
Party id (7-point scale) | 24,546 | 3.992 | 4 | 2.187 | 1 | 7 |
ABC World News dummy | 20,354 | 0.100 | 0 | 0.300 | 0 | 1 |
CBS Evening News dummy | 20,354 | 0.076 | 0 | 0.265 | 0 | 1 |
CNN dummy | 20,354 | 0.103 | 0 | 0.304 | 0 | 1 |
Fox News dummy | 20,354 | 0.216 | 0 | 0.411 | 0 | 1 |
PBS The NewsHour dummy | 20,354 | 0.043 | 0 | 0.202 | 0 | 1 |
NBC Nightly News dummy | 20,354 | 0.132 | 0 | 0.338 | 0 | 1 |
MSNBC dummy | 20,354 | 0.050 | 0 | 0.218 | 0 | 1 |
Other networks dummy | 20,354 | 0.014 | 0 | 0.118 | 0 | 1 |
No evening news dummy | 20,409 | 0.266 | 0 | 0.442 | 0 | 1 |
Pickup truck dummy | 24,426 | 0.337 | 0 | 0.473 | 0 | 1 |
Protestant dummy | 24,209 | 0.366 | 0 | 0.482 | 0 | 1 |
Catholic dummy | 24,209 | 0.206 | 0 | 0.404 | 0 | 1 |
Jewish dummy | 24,209 | 0.017 | 0 | 0.128 | 0 | 1 |
Muslim dummy | 24,209 | 0.002 | 0 | 0.044 | 0 | 1 |
Other religion dummy | 24,209 | 0.067 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
Other Christian religion dummy | 24,209 | 0.151 | 0 | 0.358 | 0 | 1 |
No favorite religion dummy | 24,209 | 0.191 | 0 | 0.393 | 0 | 1 |
Church attendance | 24,210 | 1.164 | 1 | 1.268 | 0 | 3 |
Importance of religion | 24,452 | 0.683 | 1 | 0.465 | 0 | 1 |
County level | ||||||
Population density, 2005 | 2280 | 0.030 | 0.006 | 0.196 | 0.00003 | 6.939 |
Unemployment rate, 2005 | 2273 | 5.364 | 5.100 | 1.608 | 1.9 | 16.000 |
Crime rate, 2004 | 2154 | 3.017 | 2.684 | 1.678 | 0 | 12.633 |
State level | ||||||
Fraction of illegal immigrants, 2005 | 50 | 2.576 | 2.146 | 1.869 | 0.275 | 7.265 |
Fraction of legal immigrants, 2005 | 50 | 5.338 | 4.012 | 4.524 | 0.213 | 19.436 |