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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2019 Dec;34(4):417–437. doi: 10.1007/s10823-019-09379-3

Table 2.

Logistic regression estimates of the association between return migration and health (ENADID 2014)

Physical limitation Mental or emotional distress


One-year Five-year One-year Five-year

Return migrant 0.95 1.16* 0.5 1.1
(0.23) (0.08) (0.53) (0.23)
Female 0.97 *** 0.97 ** 1.17 *** 1.16 ***
(0.01) (0.01) (0.03) (0.03)
Age group (ref: 15–24 years)
 25–34 years 1.33 *** 1.33 *** 1.70*** 1.70***
(0.03) (0.03) (0.09) (0.09)
 35–44 years 2.25 *** 2.25 *** 2.50 *** 2.47 ***
(0.06) (0.06) (0.13) (0.13)
 45–54 years 5.00 *** 4.99 *** 3.27 *** 3.24 ***
(0.18) (0.18) (0.16) (0.16)
 55–64 years 7.67 *** 7.67 *** 3.34 *** 3.34 ***
(0.34) (0.34) (0.21) (0.20)
 ≥ 65 years 17.36 *** 17.38 *** 5.69 *** 5.68 ***
(0.92) (0.92) (0.30) (0.29)
Indigenous 0.91 *** 0.91 ** 0.72 *** 0.72 ***
(0.02) (0.03) (0.06) (0.06)
Educational attainment (ref: elementary)
 Some elementary education 3.91 *** 3.91 *** 6.95 *** 6.94 ***
(0.63) (0.63) (1.51) (1.50)
 Secondary education 0.75 *** 0.75 *** 0.63 *** 0.63 ***
(0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02)
 High school or more 0.56 *** 0.56 *** 0.34 *** 0.34 ***
(0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02)
Marital status (ref: single)
 Separated 0.92 ** 0.92 ** 0.43 *** 0.43 ***
(0.03) (0.02) (0.03) (0.03)
 Divorced 1.23 *** 1.23 *** 0.84 ** 0.84 **
(0.03) (0.02) (0.05) (0.05)
 Widowed 1.40 *** 1.39 0.85 * 0.85 *
(0.04) (0.04) (0.06) (0.06)
 Married 0.88 *** 0.88 *** 0.43 *** 0.43 ***
0.02 (0.02) (0.02) (0.02)
SES (ref: low)
 Mid-low 1.10 *** 1.09 *** 1.21 * 1.20 *
(0.02) (0.02) (0.09) (0.09)
 Mid-high 1.05 1.04 1.43 ** 1.42 ***
(0.03) (0.03) (0.12) (0.12)
 High 0.79 *** 0.79 *** 1.27* 1.27*
(0.03) (0.03) (0.14) (0.14)
Locality size (ref: ≤ 2,500)
 ≥ 100,000 1.31 *** 1.31 *** 1.66 *** 1.66 ***
(0.02) (0.02) (0.10) (0.10)
 15,000 – 99,999 1.10 *** 1.10 *** 1.31 *** 1.31 ***
(0.03) (0.03) (0.09) (0.09)
 2,500 – 14,999 1.00 1.00 1.15 * 1.16 *
(0.02) (0.02) (0.07) (0.07)
Pseudo R-squared 0.17 0.17 0.08 0.08
N 232,285 233,829 232,285 233,829

Results are odds ratios

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.

Robust standard errors in parentheses to adjust for household level clustering. All models included state fixed effects