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Table 1 Summary of descriptive statistics for country-level data, 1975-2005

From: Beyond opportunity structures: explaining migrant protest in Western Europe, 1975–2005

Variable

N

Mean

Std. dev.

Minimum

Maximum

Immigrant protest participants (1000s)

181

13.51

35.03

0.00

243.61

Asylum seekers (1000s)

181

35.11

51.01

0.47

438.19

Share muslim population

181

0.03

0.02

0.01

0.08

Share linguistically distinct

181

0.72

0.25

0.19

0.99

Share postcolonial migrants

181

0.22

0.25

0.00

0.62

Share foreign borns in industry (rel.)

181

0.12

0.11

−0.09

0.40

Foreign borns (mio.)

181

3.34

2.68

0.30

10.66

Strike participants (1000s)

180

187.69

464.57

0.00

4534.27

All protest participants (1000s)

175

638.59

993.20

0.75

7181.43

Collective rights

151

−0.15

0.35

−0.55

0.52

Individual rights

151

−0.11

0.40

−0.69

0.54

  1. Sources: Central Bureau for Statistics of the Netherlands; German Microcensus; International Labour Organization (ILO); International Migration Outlooks (SOPEMI); National Statistics Institute of Spain; Koopmans et al. 2012; Kriesi et al. 1995; Pew Research Center; Rendall & Salt 2006; Safi 2006; Strijbis 2014; Swiss Statistical Office.