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(especially for the Central San Diego portion), since only 67 results for this subregion were
collected.
2. Purpose for Crossing
Survey participants in both San Diego and Tijuana were asked, “When you cross the border,
what is your primary purpose for crossing?” The results:
Table 2B: Purpose for Crossing
Shopping
or Tourism
A-17
Visiting
family or
friends
Going to
work
Going to
school
Other
SD-COMBINED 63.0% 17.8% 3.4% 0.5% 15.3%
SD-ENGLISH 65.3% 14.5% 2.6% 0.6% 17.0%
SD-SPANISH 48.2% 38.6% 8.4% 0.0% 4.8%
General Location
South San Diego 56.2% 29.1% 6.9% 0.5% 7.4%
Central San Diego 62.5% 16.7% 0.0% 0.5% 19.8%
North San Diego 69.8% 8.5% 3.3% 0.5% 17.9%
Tijuana (n=408) 67.8% 9.2% 16.5% 4.0% 2.6%
The above results do not indicate the proportion of people that are crossing on a daily or monthly
basis – the question simply asks when the people cross, what are they generally crossing for.
Given that in our Analysis #1 report (Feb. 2004, Table 1F), we reported on the reported
frequency of crossings made by both San Diegans and Tijuanenses, it seemed appropriate to do a
crosstabulation of San Diegans’ reported border crossing frequency with the purpose of their
crossing. The results are below: