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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2010 Jul 13;71(7):1268–1276. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.025

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics, US and Mexican adults ages 25–64, 2000–2005.

1A. Men
US (NHIS 2000–2005) Mexico (ENSA 2000)
US-Born NHW US-Born Mexican- origin Mexican- born, ≥10 years in US Mexican- born, <10 years in US Residents of high- migration regions Residents of low- migration regions
Age in years (mean) [Standard error] 43.9 [.071] 39.9 [.244] 40.5 [.235] 33.2 [.316] 39.1 [.195] 39.5 [.249]
Completed schooling in years (mean) [Standard error] 13.8 [.026] 12.4 [.068] 8.8 [.101] 8.5 [.143] 8.6 [.100] 6.25 [.128]
Current smoker (%) 27 26 22 21 40 31
 Unweighted N 36,690 2,566 2,806 1,267 6,214 3,568
Obese (BMI ≥30) (%) 25 37 24 15 22 16
 Unweighted N 35,857 2,470 2,702 1,156 6,026 3,477
1B. Women
US (NHIS 2000–2005) Mexico (ENSA 2000)
US-Born NHW US-Born Mexican- origin Mexican- born, ≥10 years in US Mexican- born, < 10 years in US Residents of high- migration regions Residents of low- migration regions
Age in years (mean) [Standard error] 44.1 [.064] 40.5 [.232] 41.3 [.206] 34.0 [.279] 39.1 [.137] 39.2 [.196]
Completed schooling in years (mean) [Standard error] 13.8 [.024] 12.5 [.063] 8.8 [.094] 8.5 [.145] 7.5 [.081] 5.1 [.112]
Current smoker, % 25 16 7 6 14 5
 Unweighted N 42,721 3,529 3,056 1,320 14,426 8,221
Obese (BMI≥30 kg/m2), % 21 36 30 21 32 28
 Unweighted N 38,618 3,119 2,793 1,082 13,837 7,983