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Table 5 MxFLS descriptive statistics: mean

From: Acculturation and the labor market in Mexico

 

Mestizo

Indigenous

  

All

Speak indigenous

Only speak

   

language

spanish

Age

36.70

37.73

38.60

36.07

Years of education

7.79

6.08

5.37

7.42

Standardized test score

0.07

−0.24

−0.30

−0.11

Self-employed (%) a

13.20

13.04

13.48

12.21

Working hours per week a

45.83

43.44

42.99

44.29

Annual earnings b

51,022.15

33,711.93

29,315.03

42,107.83

Occupation (%)

    

Professionals

3.87

1.63

0.59

3.62

Technicians

7.86

6.22

4.50

9.50

Education

2.41

3.42

4.27

1.81

Arts, performance and sports

0.60

0.93

0.83

1.13

Directors public/private

0.67

0.39

0.36

0.45

Agricultural/foresting/fishing

21.19

43.08

52.96

24.21

Chiefs artisan/industrial

0.63

0.31

0.36

0.23

Workers artisan/industrial

16.89

13.37

13.15

13.80

Operators fixed machinery

3.94

1.94

1.18

3.39

Assistants artisan/industrial

6.46

4.35

3.55

5.88

Conductors of machinery/transport

6.81

3.81

2.61

6.11

Chiefs administrative/services

1.58

0.78

0.59

1.13

Workers administrative

4.65

3.19

2.01

5.43

Retailers and sales agents

10.02

7.54

5.92

10.63

Street sales and services

1.10

1.32

1.07

1.81

Workers personal establishments

4.84

3.42

2.84

4.52

Workers domestic services

0.68

0.54

0.47

0.68

Protection and armed forces

3.93

2.41

1.66

3.85

Occupations non-classified

1.88

1.32

1.07

1.81

Sample Size

9382

1286

844

442

  1. Notes: Unweighted means. Data from the 2002, 2005, and 2009 MxFLS. 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. bAnnual earnings is in Mexican Pesos of the second half of December 2010