TABLE 3.

Health and Health Care Indicators of Insured and Uninsured Participants: Border Epidemiological Study of Aging, Texas, 2001–2002 to 2005–2006

	Wave 3 (n = 1037)a		Wave 4 (n = 931)
	Uninsured (n = 131), Row % (Column %)	Insured (n = 727), Row % (Column %)	Uninsured (n = 300), Row % (Column %)	Insured (n = 631), Row % (Column %)
Self-rated health
Excellent	42.5 (29.3)	57.5 (17.1)	62.7 (48.8)	37.3 (13.9)
Very good	36.0 (36.8)	64.0 (28.2)	28.6 (23.3)	71.4 (28.1)
Fair	21.5 (28.0)	78.5 (44.1)	20.5 (25.4)	79.5 (47.6)
Poor	19.4 (5.9)	80.6*** (10.5)	10.3 (2.5)	89.7*** (10.4)
Activity of daily living dependency
Yes	15.0 (10.4)	85.0 (25.4)	17.6 (13.1)	82.4 (29.2)
No	34.0 (89.6)	66.0*** (74.6)	36.8 (86.9)	63.2*** (70.8)
Instrumental activities of daily living
Yes	18.5 (25.6)	81.5 (47.5)	44.3 (79.2)	55.7 (49.8)
No	37.5 (74.4)	62.5*** (52.5)	17.2 (20.8)	82.8*** (50.2)
Hospitalized for the previous 12 mo
Yes	10.3 (5.2)	89.7 (19.3)	0.0 (0.0)	100.0 (2.9)
No	33.4 (94.8)	66.6*** (80.7)	36.7 (100.0)	63.3*** (97.1)
Hospitalized for the previous 5 y
Yes	13.7 (11.1)	86.3 (30.1)	10.4 (6.8)	89.6 (29.0)
No	35.3 (88.9)	64.7*** (69.9)	39.5 (93.2)	60.5*** (71.0)
Received medical attention in Mexico
Yes	57.4 (75.6)	42.6 (24.4)	64.1 (62.9)	35.9 (16.8)
No	12.3 (24.4)	87.7*** (75.6)	17.5 (37.1)	82.5*** (83.2)
Believe that Mexican doctors give more time
Yes			74.4 (88.1)	25.6 (47.8)
No			26.5 (11.9)	73.5*** (52.2)
Believe that Mexican doctors explain things better
Yes			73.4 (89.5)	26.6 (47.9)
No			22.9 (10.5)	77.1*** (52.1)
Believe that Mexican doctors listen carefully
Yes			76.0 (90.7)	24.0 (43.7)
No			20.0 (9.3)	80.0*** (56.3)

^aTotals for waves 3 and 4 reflect adjustments for missing values for some of the variables presented.

***P < .01.