Journal of Population Sciences
Table 3 Descriptive statistics on independent individual-level variables. Sample of immigrants (N = 6255) in six selected countries of residence, between 2011 and 2012
From: Immigrant citizenship status in Europe: the role of individual characteristics and national policies
Independent variables | % or mean and (SD) |
|---|---|
Demographic variables | |
 Age (in years) | 38.2 (12.5) |
 Female | 51.2 |
 Marital status | |
  - Legally married, civil union | 52.1 |
  - Legally separated, divorced, dissolved civil union | 7.9 |
  - Living with partner | 6.9 |
  - Single | 29.7 |
  - Widowed, civil partner deceased | 2.7 |
 Area of origin | |
  - Asia | 13.1 |
  - Eastern Europe | 16.6 |
  - Latin America | 22.6 |
  - Middle East | 11.6 |
  - North Africa | 16.6 |
  - Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.6 |
 Former colony | 38.0 |
Human capital variables | |
 Perceived financial well-being | |
  - Comfortable | 14.9 |
  - Sufficient | 45.5 |
  - Difficult | 25.4 |
  - Very difficult | 12.9 |
Current economic situation | |
  - In paid work | 57.9 |
  - Homemaker or other | 7.2 |
  - In education | 9.8 |
  - Retired, sick or disabled | 5.3 |
  - Unemployed | 19.1 |
 Educational attainment | 10.7 (4.4) |
Immigration variables | |
 Years since migration | 13.8 (10.6) |
 Immigrant generation | |
  - 1st generation | 75.3 |
  - 1.5 generation | 24.1 |
 Status on entry | |
  - Work or study | 32.5 |
  - Family reunion | 27.9 |
  - Permanent-long term | 8.3 |
  - Humanitarian | 11.9 |
  - Other legal status | 12.0 |
  - Other illegal status | 4.2 |