Appendix Table A.
Percentages (or means) on health indicators, naturalization status and control variables by age-at-migration: Non-institutionalized foreign-born ages 50 and over
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| 1–17 | 18–34 | 35–49 | 50+ | 1–34 | 34–49 | 50+ | |
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| Functional limitations | 10.6 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 27.2 | - | - | - |
| Any limitations | - | - | - | - | 17.3 | 28.1 | 26.2 |
| Need help with ADLs | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | 9.3 | 6.8 |
| Need help with IADLs | - | - | - | - | 4.9 | 14.2 | 12.0 |
| Poor/fair self-rated health | - | - | - | - | 21.2 | 24.0 | 34.8 |
| Age (mean) | 60.4 | 61.6 | 62.3 | 73.1 | 61.9 | 66.2 | 68.4 |
| Female | 52.0 | 54.1 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 54.1 | 57.6 | 59.1 |
| Hispanic | 39.2 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 32.3 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 33.2 |
| White | 75.0 | 52.3 | 48.7 | 45.4 | 68.3 | 68.3 | 54.6 |
| Black | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 8.1 | 26.1 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 35.1 |
| Other race | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Education (mean)a | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 17.9 |
| Naturalized | 82.7 | 75.1 | 56.0 | 47.4 | 75.9 | 55.4 | 37.9 |
| Within 10 years in U.S. | 46.3 | 39.3 | 23.4 | 12.9 | - | - | - |
| After 10 years in U.S. | 36.4 | 35.7 | 32.6 | 34.4 | - | - | - |
| Age-at-migration (mean) | 10.5 | 25.9 | 41.3 | 58.3 | 24.0 | 40.2 | 59.1 |
| N | 45,310 | 162,254 | 86,897 | 40,045 | 36,113 | 5,872 | 2,993 |
| % | 13.6 | 48.5 | 26.0 | 12.0 | 80.3 | 13.1 | 6.7 |
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Education variable ranges from 0 “no schooling” to 11 “5+ years of college” in ACS and from 0 “no schooling” to 22 “doctoral degree” in IHIS.