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Table 1 Census descriptive statistics: mean

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

Mestizo

Indigenous

  

All

Bilingual

Monolingual

    

Indigenous

Spanish

Age

36.76

36.28

36.87

41.63

35.85

Years of education

9.45

7.74

6.49

1.68

8.56

Self-employed (%) a

20.73

25.06

29.93

47.88

21.94

Working hours per week a

49.70

48.46

47.48

42.83

49.11

Monthly earnings b

6530.96

4631.91

3752.44

1757.88

5172.97

Location size (%)

     

1–2499

16.13

33.21

43.62

76.18

26.63

2500–14,999

13.06

21.99

23.67

20.11

21.10

15,000–99,999

15.92

15.84

11.82

2.50

18.31

99,999 or more

54.89

28.97

20.89

1.21

33.96

Occupation (%)

     

Legislators / officials / managers

3.87

1.77

0.91

0.08

2.28

Professionals

2.64

1.43

0.68

0.09

1.87

Technicians / associate professionals

15.00

9.60

6.60

0.33

11.43

Clerks

3.85

2.53

1.60

0.11

3.08

Service workers / sales

18.96

15.86

14.24

2.78

17.01

Skilled agricultural / fishery

8.07

17.49

24.58

67.72

12.60

Crafts / trades

17.55

19.92

20.77

10.45

19.63

Plant-machine operators / assemblers

15.23

11.01

7.20

0.99

13.31

Elementary occupations

14.52

19.95

22.88

17.45

18.38

Armed forces

0.31

0.44

0.53

0.00

0.41

Industry (%)

     

Agriculture, fishing, and forestry

11.29

23.34

32.38

76.50

17.32

Mining

0.82

0.69

0.45

0.28

0.83

Electricity, gas, and water

0.69

0.53

0.31

0.07

0.67

Construction

13.86

17.76

19.49

10.55

16.94

Manufacturing

17.86

14.31

11.67

5.54

15.94

Wholesale and retail trade

16.81

14.21

12.45

3.53

15.39

Transportation and communications

8.56

6.07

4.07

0.98

7.27

Financial services and insurance

0.90

0.37

0.12

0.00

0.52

Real estate and business services

6.52

3.86

2.81

0.42

4.50

Educational services

3.42

3.39

3.84

0.09

3.21

Health care and social work services

1.69

0.89

0.44

0.00

1.15

Amusement and recreational services

0.98

0.83

0.58

0.17

0.98

Hotel and restaurant services

4.26

4.15

4.20

0.57

4.20

Other services except government

6.93

4.69

2.75

0.60

5.84

Private household services

0.57

0.73

0.84

0.18

0.69

Public administration and defense

4.84

4.18

3.62

0.51

4.55

Sample size

1,331,883

429,543

211,086

16,892

201,565

  1. Notes: Means using census sampling weights. Sample includes males ages 16–64 not attending school
  2. aThe descriptive statistics for this variable was obtained from a smaller sample due to missing values
  3. bMonthly earnings is in Mexican Pesos of the second half of December 2010