Table 2.
Health and economic deprivation among children born to Hispanic mothers by nativity and Hispanic origin. Fragile families data.
All Hispanic (N = 1084) | Mother’s nativity
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Mother’s country of origin
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Foreign-born (n = 456) | U.S.-born (n = 628) | Mexican (n = 632) | Non-Mexican (n = 452) | ||
MRCH status at age 5 | |||||
% in excellent health | 57 | 47 | 64 | 59 | 54 |
% in very good health | 27 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 30 |
% in good/fair/poor health | 16 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 16 |
Change in MRCH status age 1–5 | |||||
% declined in health | 21 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 24 |
% improved in health | 22 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 20 |
% stable good/fair/poor health | 6 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
% stable very good/excellent health | 51 | 39 | 59 | 50 | 51 |
Early childhood economic deprivationa | |||||
Mean waves below poverty line (0–4) | 1.91 | 2.14 | 1.73 | 2.04 | 1.73 |
% sample below poverty line 3+ waves | 37 | 45 | 32 | 40 | 33 |
Mean waves received free food (0–3) | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
% sample ever received free food | 21 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 20 |
Mean waves housing insecure (0–3) | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.55 |
% sample housing insecure 2 + waves | 13 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 14 |
Mean waves utilities insecure (0–3) | 1.07 | 0.84 | 1.24 | 1.08 | 1.07 |
% sample utilities insecure 2+ waves | 33 | 25 | 39 | 33 | 33 |
Mean waves no health insurance (0–4) | 1.15 | 1.52 | 0.93 | 1.34 | 0.95 |
% sample no health insurance 2+ waves | 34 | 47 | 26 | 39 | 28 |
Data not weighted.
Continuous variable means statistically different (p < 0.05) between foreign and U.S.-born Hispanic mothers except free food. Means statistically different between Mexican and non-Mexican origin mothers only for waves uninsured and waves in poverty.