Table 2.

Probit Regressions, Marginal Effects of Visits to the Doctor and Hospitalization

Variable	Visited a Doctor		Hospitalization
	United States	Mexico	United States	Mexico
Any health insurance	.381***	.108***	.072	.048***
Male (reference group: female)	−.036**	−.092***	−.004	−.001
Education (reference group: no schooling)
1 to 5 years of schooling	−.031	.085***	−.030	.016
6 or more years of schooling	−.018	.056**	−.054*	−.034**
Age (reference group: 85 or older)
70 to 74	.016	−.024	−.079**	−.032
75 to 79	.002	.005	−.049	−.010
80 to 84	.024	−.010	−.035	−.028
Urban (reference group: rural)		−.017		.011
Income (reference group: low)
Medium	.067***	.055**	−.007	−.005
High	.045*	.045*	−.092***	.002
Health
Heart attack	.035	.150***	.122***	.190***
Stroke	−.002	.004	.081**	.045
Cancer	.013	.218***	.081**	.146***
Diabetes	.060***	.198***	.083***	.041**
Mexico born (reference group: U.S. born)	.027		−.005
U.S. migrant (reference group: non–U.S. migrant)		.024		.020
Observations	1,565	2,720	1,565	2,720
LR chi-square test	55.898	209.058	79.269	86.678
Observed probability	.868	.667	.223	.124

Source: Authors’ calculations using Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (1998) for the United States and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (2001) for Mexico.

Note: Population aged 70 and older. LR = likelihood ratio.

^*Significant at 10%.

^**Significant at 5%.

^***Significant at 1%.