Table 2.

Marginal effects of discrete change from U.S. born (“cohort effects”) and from 0 to 4 years (“duration effects”) by region of origin, NHIS 2004–2013.

Variable	Mexican		Russian		African		Southeast Asian
	Poor health	Heart condition	Poor health	Heart condition	Poor health	Heart condition	Poor health	Heart condition
Cohort effects
Immigrated in 1997 or before	−0.057^**	−0.068^**	0.011 (0.13)	0.154 (1.30)	−0.079^**	−0.131^**	0.002 (0.05)	0.006 (0.09)
Immigrated in 1997 or before	(−5.19)	(−4.63)			(−2.54)	(−10.35)
Immigrated in 1998–2002	−0.075^**	−0.079^**	−0.057	0.132 (1.47)	−0.063^**	–0.087^** (–2.82)	–0.023 (–0.65)	–0.051 (–1.42)
Immigrated in 1998–2002	(−9.17)	(−7.39)	(−1.21)		(−2.13)
Immigrated in 2003–2007	−0.059^**	−0.071^**	−0.008	–0.009 (–0.12)	−0.055^**	–0.083^** (–3.05)	−0.064^**	−0.066^**
Immigrated in 2003–2007	(−7.29)	(−6.93)	(−0.13)		(−2.32)		(−3.03)	(−2.51)
Immigrated in 2008–2013	−0.032^**	−0.078^**	−0.009	0.005 (0.07)	−0.111^**	–0.084^** (–3.26)	−0.061^**	−0.074^**
Immigrated in 2008–2013	(−2.73)	(−6.29)	(−0.15)		(−8.02)		(−3.33)	(−3.37)
Duration effects
5–9 years since arrival	0.005 (0.39)	−0.010 (−0.56)	0.107 (1.02)	–0.072^* (–1.86)	−0.045 (−1.41)	0.053 (0.68)	−0.014 (−0.38)	−0.030 (−0.70)
10–14 years since arrival	0.005 (0.37)	−0.005 (−0.26)	0.028 (0.31)	−0.095^**	0.038 (0.59)	0.011 (0.13)	−0.003 (−0.08)	−0.090^**
10–14 years since arrival				(−3.49)				(−3.21)
15+ years since arrival	0.064^** (3.53)	0.018 (0.74)	0.0977 (0.86)	−0.093^**	0.117 (1.21)	0.312 (1.31)	0.010 (0.19)	–0.061 (–1.42)
15+ years since arrival				(−3.03)
Observations	188,133	188,002	164,669	164,562	165,709	165,605	168,394	168,282

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Notes: p ≤ 0.05

p ≤ 0.10.

z-scores in parentheses.

All models include full set of covariates and NHIS sample weights.