Table 1.
Sociodemographic and migration characteristics of sexually active male Mexican migrants, by migration context and phase (N=1,219), Tijuana, Mexico, 2009–2010
| Sending Communities | Border | Receiving Communities | P1 | |||
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| Pre-departure (n=183) | Return (n=161) | Transit (n=179) | Destination (n=414) | Interception (n=282) | ||
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Age, Mean (SD) | 32.6 (8.4) | 34.9 (9.7) | 33.1 (11.1) | 34.2 (11.5) | 31.4 (11.5) | 0.091 |
| Completed high school, % | 48.7 | 15.5 ** | 43.0 | 16.0 ** | 14.4 ** | <0.001 |
| Indigenous ethnicity, % | 1.6 | 8.8 * | 0.4 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 0.004 |
| Marital status, % | 0.001 | |||||
| • Unmarried | 48.0 | 34.1 | 43.2 | 57.4 * | 45.9 | |
| • Married, living with spouse in key context3 | 40.5 | 48.5 | 22.1 | 25.3 | 29.3 | (Ref) |
| • Married, not living with spouse in key context3 | 11.5 | 17.4 | 34.7 ** | 17.3 * | 24.8 ** | |
| Sexual orientation | 0.140 | |||||
| • Heterosexual | 97.8 | 95.4 | 94.9 | 98.4 | 99.3 | |
| • Homosexual | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
| • Bisexual | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
| Migration history | ||||||
| Time in the key migration context2 during last 12 months (months), mean (SD) | 7.7 (4.4) | 5.7 (4.4) * | 5.3 (5.6) * | 10.3 (4.3) ** | 9.6 (6.3) ** | <0.001 |
| Plans to enter the U.S., % | 46.8 | 63.2 * | 57.9 | NA | NA | 0.105 |
| Plans to return to the U.S., % | NA | NA | NA | 77.2 Ref | 78.3 | 0.845 |
| Previous history of deportation, % | NA | 54.2 Ref | 49.8 | 56.9 | 53.23 | 0.922 |
P value for overall effect of migration phase, based on logistic (for binary outcomes), multinomial logistic (for categorical outcomes), and multiple linear (for continuous outcomes) regression models. All models were unadjusted. The referent migration phase was pre-departure unless otherwise indicated.
The key migration context refers to the most recent migration context for which migrants were asked to report on their sexual partners, behaviors, and contexts. For pre-departure and return migrants, the context was the sending communities in Mexico; for transit migrants, the context was the border region; for destination and interception migrants, the context was the U.S.
Prior to the most recent deportation.
Ref: Reference group.
p<0.05
p<0.01 for comparison to the reference migration phase.