TABLE 1—

Weighted Percentage Distribution of the Sample by Mexican Nativity and Gender: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2001–2008

	US-Born		Foreign-Born
Variable	Men, % or Mean ±SD	Women, % or Mean ±SD	Men, % or Mean ±SD	Women, % or Mean ±SD
Married	38.1***	38.4***	59.4***	63.1***
Time in United States, y
≤ 5	…	…	29.7***	28.5***
5–19	…	…	46.3***	46.1***
≥ 20	…	…	24.0***	25.4***
Education
< 9 y	10.5***	7.2***	45.0***	45.9***
9–11 y	20.1***	20.2***	24.7***	21.1***
High school diploma or some college	57.0***	62.2***	27.6***	29.6***
≥ bachelor’s degree	12.4***	10.3***	2.7***	3.5***
Health behaviors
Rigorous exercise	5.1***	5.3***	4.4***	4.2***
Daily smoker	3.6***	2.4***	2.7***	3.9***
Heavy drinker	5.2***	5.4***	4.8***	6.2***
Control variables
Age, y
20–44	58.5***	59.6***	75.9***	70.4***
45–54	19.7***	17.2***	13.8***	16.7***
55–64	11.7***	10.9***	6.0***	7.3***
≥ 65	10.1***	12.2***	4.3***	5.7***
DSQ	8.5 ±3.50***	8.4 ±3.53***	8.5 ±3.42***	8.6 ±3.38***
Health insurance	57.3***	57.4***	54.9***	55.4***

Note. DSQ = Depression Screener Questionnaire. Comparisons are between men and women from same racial/ethnic group. Statistic represents column percentage.

*P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01; ***P ≤ .001.