E ai ki tētahi pūrongo o te tau 2013, tata ki te 0.6% o ngā tāngata katoa e haere ana ki te US he hunga eke pahikara, ā, ki te whakaritea ki te 2.9% i Ingarangi me Wales.

Ka piki ake tēnei i te mea kei te piki haere te maha o ngā kawanatanga me ngā hapori ā-rohe e hanga ana i ngā hanganga pēnei i ngā ara pahikara hei whakatairanga i te eke pahikara.

"I ngā tau tata nei, kua mahi ngā hapori maha i ngā mahi hei tautoko i ngā huarahi kawe tangata, pērā i te eke pahikara me te hikoi," te tuhituhi a te tohunga pāpori o te Tari Tatauranga, a Brian McKenzie, i roto i tētahi kōrero e haere tahi ana me te pūrongo.

Ko te taha Hauāuru o Amerika te nui rawa o ngā tāngata e haere ana ki te pahikara, arā, ko te 1.1%, ā, ko te taha Tonga te iti rawa, arā, ko te 0.3%.

Ko te tāone o Portland, Oregon, te tāone i rēhita i te reiti teitei rawa atu o te haere ki ngā paihikara me te 6.1%, he pikinga mai i te 1.8% i te tau 2000.

I kitea he nui ake te tūponotanga ka eke pahikara ngā tāne ki te mahi i ngā wāhine, ā, ko te roanga wā toharite mō ngā kaieke pahikara he 19.3 meneti.

I taua wā anō, i kitea e te rangahau e 2.8% o ngā tāngata e haere ana ki te mahi ka hikoi, he hekenga iho i te 5.6% i te tau 1980.

Ko te Tai Rāwhiti te rohe i nui rawa te tokomaha o ngā tāngata e haere ana ki te mahi mā runga i te waewae, arā, ko te 4.7%.

Ko Boston, Massachusetts, te tāone nui rawa atu mō te hikoi ki te mahi, arā, ko te 15.1%, ā, ko te tonga o Amerika te tāone iti rawa mō te reiti ā-rohe, arā, ko te 1.8%.