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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Descriptive statistics by gender

From: Social origins, geographical mobility and occupational attainment in contemporary Italy

 

Individuals

Male

Female

Total

%

(N)

%

(N)

%

(N)

Stayers (never moved)

65.9

(2367)

60.6

(2388)

63.2

(4755)

Mobile (at least one episode of GM)

34.1

(1223)

39.4

(1550)

36.8

(2773)

Type of episodes (administrative boundaries)

 Between municipalities (of the same regions)

58.8

(1375)

66.6

(1611)

62.8

(2986)

 Between regions (of the same macro-regions)

10.7

(251)

7.3

(177)

9.0

(428)

 Between macro regions

30.5

(713)

26.1

(631)

28.2

(1344)

Type of episodes (rural-urban)

 

Male

Female

Total

 Episodes from rural to urban

23.0

(539)

22.4

(541)

22.7

(1080)

 Episodes from rural to rural

36.0

(842)

43.6

(1054)

39.8

(1896)

 Episodes from urban to urban

18.6

(436)

14.5

(350)

16.5

(786)

 Episodes from urban to rural

22.3

(522)

19.6

(474)

20.9

(996)

 Total

100.0

(2339)

100.0

(2419)

100.0

(4758)

Type of episodes (distance, number of episodes, age at first episode)

 

Male

Female

Total

Mean

se

Mean

se

Mean

se

 Average distance of GM (in km)

223.9

6.11

166.0

5.41

194.5

4.09

 Average number of GM episodes

1.9

2.41

1.5

0.02

1.71

0.02

 Average age at first episode

25.2

2.41

24.02

1.83

24.5

1.48