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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2016 Dec;53(6):2005–2030. doi: 10.1007/s13524-016-0526-2

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by migrant flow

Migrante Data CHIS Data

Return Flow
(N = 511)
Deported
(N = 404)
Stayers
(N = 1,739)

Mean or
%
SD Mean or % SD Mean or
%
SD
Health Indicators
  Self-reported health
    Excellent 25.35 31.33 13.08
    Very good 18.16 17.54 13.31
    Good 30.34 30.33 36.92
    Fair 23.55 19.55 31.39
    Poor 2.59 1.25 5.30
  Any health limitations 16.17 12.78 16.58
  In the past 4 weeks:
    Had energy all/most of the time 73.65 69.17 75.97
    Felt sad all/most of the time 5.59 13.03 3.51
    Felt stressed all/most of time 12.77 20.10 6.34
  Obese 30.53 21.79 35.02
  BMI 28.60 4.5 27.26 8.5 29.33 6.7
  Diagnosis
    Diabetes 8.47 5.05 15.31
    Hypertension 12.15 4.77 19.40
    Heart disease 1.21 0.51 6.00
    Asthma 1.01 0.76 4.83
    Arthritis 1.21 1.26 12.03
  Demographics
    Age 44.14 14.1 34.59 10.2 46.93 14.6
    Lives in urban area 85.94 87.89 83.50
    Married/cohabiting with partner 66.73 48.76 73.49
    Has children 80.83 72.25 48.36
    Highest level of education
      Junior high or less 60.67 66.58 40.20
      Some high school 5.68 12.87 13.11
      High school 16.05 16.09 24.55
      Some college+ 17.61 4.46 22.14
    Speaks some English at home 17.62 24.92 54.24
    Duration of latest U.S. stay
      <2 years 24.85 21.98 0.29
      2–4 years 6.51 14.21 2.47
      5–9 years 8.09 15.28 6.84
      10+ years 60.55 48.53 90.40
    Noncitizen 53.97 100.00 59.98
    Health Services
      Any care in past 12 months 48.90 47.61 66.76
      Has usual source of care 32.58 33.24 67.91
      Place of usual care
        Doctor’s office 11.98 8.58 31.97
        Clinic 38.84 28.69 35.19
        ER 0.00 0.27 1.15
        Other 2.48 16.89 0.75
        No place of care 46.69 45.58 30.94
      Number of doctor’s visits in past 12 months
        0 73.30 97.76 33.24
        1 9.71 0.45 20.64
        2–3 11.41 1.35 22.71
        4+ 5.58 0.45 23.40
      ER visit in past 12 months 4.81 7.79 12.22
      Health insurance in past 12 months 46.23 21.17 66.47
      Type of insurance
        Medicare/Medicaid/Public 16.87 7.02 31.40
        Private insurance 20.37 5.90 32.32
        Other 7.20 7.02 0.00
        Uninsured 55.56 80.06 36.29