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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar 30;65(7):1591–1596. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14875

Table 1. Socio-demographic Characteristics on Gender among Mexican-Origin Elders Age 65 and Older by Nativity and Age of Migration, 1993-2013a.

Females Males


U.S.-Born Foreign-Born
(Age of Migration)
U.S.-Born Foreign-Born
(Age of Migration)


0-19 20-49 50+ 0-19 20-49 50+


N (%) 5,019 857 1,923 844 3,137 583 1,442 494
(58.1) (9.9) (22.3) (9.8) (55.5) (10.3) (22.5) (8.7)
Age b 78.5 81.7* 78.4 80.2* 77.7 80.8* 78.2* 79.8*
(7.2) (8.0) (7.4) (7.8) (6.9) (7.7) (7.2) (7.9)
Education b 6.1* 4.9* 4.5* 3.1* 6.6* 4.3* 3.8* 2.3*
(4.1) (3.5) (3.5) (3.2) (4.5) (3.7) (3.4) (2.6)
a

Total observations of females and males were 8,643 (60.4%) and 5,656 (39.6%) respectively; U.S.-born and foreign-born were 8,156 (57%) and 6,143 (43%) respectively; corresponding weighted percentages were shown within parentheses. For age and years of education, the weighted means were shown and the standard deviations were presented within parentheses.

b

For age and education,

*

represents a significant difference between age of migration group and U.S.-born (p.<.05).