The remittances of migrant Tongan and Samoan nurses from Australia

Table 6 Comparison of other significant variables by cohort (expressed as proportion of sub-sample)

COHORT	0–5 years	5–10 years	10–15 years	15–20 years	20–25 years	>25 years
Parent in home country
Nurses	0.429	0.742	0.712	0.538	0.455	0.400
Others	0.710	0.680	0.657	0.602	0.427	0.105
Ownership of assets (%)
Nurses	0.000	0.419	0.423	0.500	0.591	0.400
Others	0.484	0.356	0.416	0.369	0.360	0.301
Received visitor (%)
Nurses	0.000	0.323	0.404	0.269	0.364	0.333
Others	0.194	0.219	0.226	0.322	0.347	0.277
Intent to return (%)
Nurses	0.000	0.161	0.154	0.154	0.190	0.267
Others	0.367	0.091	0.107	0.129	0.084	0.188

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