Table 5.

Binary logit models for specific health conditions including as a reference group Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. born in Mexico (immigrants), odds ratios

	Diabetes	Hypertension	Lung diseases	Stroke	Arthritis
Males
Return Mexican migrants in Mexico (Return migrants)	0.59 [0.24] (0.26, 1.33)	1.14 [0.38] (0.60, 2.17)	4.24** [2.42] (1.38, 12.99)	0.35 [0.28] (0.07, 1.68)	0.77 [0.31] (0.35, 1.70)
Mexicans without a history of migration to the U.S. (Non-migrants)	0.75 [0.34] (0.31, 1.80)	1.07 [0.38] (0.54, 2.13)	2.97* [1.87] (.86, 10.22)	0.40 [0.35] (0.07, 2.19)	0.62 [0.27] (0.27, 1.43)
Number of observations	5,741	5,745	5,745	5,747	5,746
Females
Return Mexican migrants in Mexico (Return migrants)	0.87 [0.34] (0.40, 1.85)	1.44 [0.51] (0.72, 2.87)	5.94*** [3.78] (1.71, 20.65)	2.58 [2.30] (0.45, 14.83)	0.86 [0.33] (0.41, 1.81)
Mexicans without a history of migration to the U.S. (Non-migrants)	0.85 [0.30] (0.42, 1.71)	1.31 [0.45] (0.66, 2.58)	5.46** [3.66] (1.47, 20.31)	2.23 [1.87] (0.43, 11.50)	0.97 [0.36] (0.47, 2.01)
Number of observations	6,745	6,751	6,748	6,750	6,750

Note: 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).