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. 2013 Sep;103(9):1610–1618. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301169

TABLE 1—

Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Mexican Sample (n = 6990): Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (2001–2002) and Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (2001–2003)

Characteristic No Migrant in Family (n = 2878), % Members of Migrant Householdsa (n = 2904), % First-Generation Migrantsb (n = 412), % 1.5- or Second-Generation Migrantsc (n = 308), % Third- or Higher Generation Migrantsd (n = 488), % χ2 (df)
Gender
 Male 45.67 49.69 56.95 50.19 52.15 13.61 (4)*
 Female 54.33 50.31 43.05 49.81 47.85
Age, y
 18–25 28.86 26.33 15.34 38.62 29.99 67.03 (12)***
 26–35 27.41 29.56 40.05 26.40 19.24
 36–45 20.90 22.33 25.33 11.36 22.59
 ≥ 46 22.82 21.77 19.29 23.62 28.18
Marital status
 Married or cohabiting 65.24 69.65 78.42 54.91 59.57 44.70 (8)***
 Divorced, separated, or widowed 7.82 6.70 8.73 13.47 14.27
 Never married 26.94 23.65 12.85 31.62 26.16
Education, y
 0–5 19.74 14.91 17.59 8.28 4.43 204.35 (12)***
 6–8 21.92 21.32 32.36 8.58 4.09
 9–11 30.24 27.58 20.63 23.75 23.69
 ≥ 12 28.11 36.19 29.43 59.38 67.78

Note. Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (MNCS): Mexican sample of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCSR) and the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS). Table shows unweighted frequencies, weighted percentages. Percentages may not total 100% because of rounding.

a

Mexican with a migrant in family or who migrated and returned to Mexico (from the MNCS).

b

Mexico-born, migrated at age 13 years or older (from the NLAAS and NCSR).

c

Mexico-born, migrated at age 12 years or younger, or US-born Mexican descent, no US-born parents (NLAAS and NCSR).

d

US-born, Mexican descent, at least 1 US-born parent (NLAAS and NCSR).

*P < .05; ***P < .001; P values determined by the Wald test.