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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 |
