Table 2.

Results (p-values) from Wald tests of the equality of coefficients on education spline terms from models predicting the log odds of smoking/obesity, Mexican and US adults ages 25–64, 2000–2005.

	Smoking		Obesity
	Men	Women	Men	Women
I. Do gradients differ by ethnicity/nativity in the US?
A. White vs. US-Born Mexican	.003	<.001	.051	.183
B. White vs. Long-stay Mexican	<.001	<.001	.233	.029
C. White vs. Short-stay Mexican	<.001	<.001	.171	<.001
D. US-Born Mexican vs. Short-Stay Mexican	.018	.084	.637	.001
II. Do gradients differ by level of migration in Mexico?
E. High-migration regions vs. Low-migration regions	.475	.119	.779	.093
III. Is the imported gradients hypothesis supported?
F. Short-stay Mexican (US) vs. High-migration regions (Mexico)	.289	.025	.740	.031

Source: Authors calculations based on National Health Interview Survey (US) and ENSA (Mexican National Health Survey).