Table 1.

Weighted Means and Proportions for Final Analytic Sample of Mexican-Origin Children

	All Children (N =4,799)		1st Generation (N =904)			2nd Generation (N =2,198)			3rd Generation (N =1,697)
	Mean/ Proportion	SD	Mean/ Proportion	SD		Mean/ Proportion	SD		Mean/ Proportion	SD
Healthy Eating Index (HEI; 0–100)	44.04	19.68	45.74	18.38	b	45.06	19.21	b	42.03	15.43
Empty Calories (0–5)	2.59	2.12	2.41	1.82	b	2.50	1.88	b	2.79	1.93
Immigrant Generation
1st Generation	0.17		1.00			0.00			0.00
2nd Generation	0.46		0.00			1.00			0.00
3rd Generation	0.38		0.00			0.00			1.00
Average Socioeconomic Status (SES)	0.05	1.92	−0.43	0.93	a,b	−0.20	1.15	b	0.57	1.69
Householder Educational Attainment
Less than 9th grade	0.28		0.50		a,b	0.39		b	0.05
9th–12th (No diploma)	0.24		0.23			0.27		b	0.21
High School Degree	0.22		0.14		b	0.18		b	0.29
Some College	0.26		0.12		a,b	0.15		b	0.45
Family Income-to-Poverty Ratio	1.67	2.70	1.05	1.40	a,b	1.42	1.89	b	2.24	2.80
Living in Extreme Poverty (=1)	0.12		0.19		a,b	0.13		b	0.08
Child's Gender (female=1)	0.48		0.44		b	0.48			0.51
Child's Age (years)	10.71	5.11	12.06	4.96	a,b	10.29	5.48	b	10.62	4.52
Weekend Day (=1)	0.43		0.53		a,b	0.43			0.39
Female Householder (=1)	0.41		0.28		a, b	0.38		b	0.51
Householder Age	37.32	13.80	36.71	12.93	a	37.90	12.73	b	36.89	12.36
Householder Marital Status
Married/Living with partner	0.78		0.86		a,b	0.81		b	0.70
Widowed	0.01		0.01			0.01			0.01
Separated/Divorced	0.14		0.07		b	0.10		b	0.20
Never Married	0.08		0.06			0.07			0.09

Source: 1999/2000–2009/2010 NHANES, Mexican-origin children in the United States age 5–17 with householders age 55 or less.

Notes:

^aindicates that means significantly differ from 2nd Generation children at p <0.05 (two-tailed t);

^bindicates that means signficantly differ significantly from 3rd Generation children at p <0.05 (two-tailed t)