Table 4.

Binary and ordered logit models including as a reference group Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. born in Mexico (immigrants), odds ratios

	Self-reported health	Health conditions	Difficulty with at least one ADL	Obese	Smoking	Heavy drinking
Males
Return Mexican migrants in Mexico (Return migrants)	0.411** [0.16] (0.19, 0.89)	0.84 [0.27] (0.45, 1.57)	0.30** [0.15] (0.12, 0.80)	0.53 [0.23] (0.23, 1.24)	2.34* [1.04] (0.98, 5.58)	1.46 [0.72] (0.56, 3.85)
Mexicans without a history of migration to the U.S. (Non-migrants)	0.45* [0.19] (0.20, 1.03)	0.08 [0.27] (0.41, 1.53)	0.20*** [0.11] (0.07, 0.56)	0.55 [0.25] (0.23, 1.33)	1.35 [0.63] (0.54, 3.37)	1.67 [0.88] (0.59, 4.69)
Number of observations	5,157	5,748	5,735	4,509	5,741	5,663
Females
Return Mexican migrants in Mexico (Return migrants)	0.88 [0.34] (0.41, 1.89)	1.80* [0.62] (0.91, 3.55)	0.14*** [0.07] (0.05, 0.36)	0.46* [0.20] (0.20, 1.06)	0.61 [0.31] (0.22, 1.67)	2.81 [2.31] (0.56, 14.10)
Mexicans without a history of migration to the U.S. (Non-migrants)	0.97 [0.37] (0.46, 2.05)	1.80* [0.63] (0.90, 3.58)	0.23*** [0.09] (0.10, 0.51)	0.42** [0.18] (0.19, 0.95)	0.37** [0.19] (0.13, 0.99)	1.68 [1.49] (0.29, 9.55)
Number of observations	6,287	6,751	6,739	4,191	6,745	6,737

Notes: Additional variables included in the models were marital status, years of education, age, enrolled in a health insurance plan, and duration of stay in the U.S. The observations are weighted. Standard error in brackets; 95% CI in parentheses.

^*p<0.1,

^**p<.05,

^***p<0.01.

Source: Author’s calculation using the 2003 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) and the 2004 Health and Retirement Study (HRS).