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Table 4 Use of remittance income

From: What makes you go back home? Determinants of the duration of migration of Mexican immigrants in the United States

Spending category (%)

First migration sample

Last migration sample

Productive capitala

27.83

27.62

Vehicle

0.17

0.1

Consumer goods

3.58

3.57

House/lot

11.37

11.96

Home construction/improvement

5.52

5.38

Family maintenance

45.09

44.89

Recreation

0.16

0.16

Debt

3.41

3.54

Savings

1.09

1.02

Other

1.78

1.76

  1. Source: Mexican Migration Project, housefile
  2. aBusiness, tools, farmland, and livestock
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