. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2018 Jun;55(3):979–1007. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0668-5

Table 9.

Pre-migration background characteristics for individuals in the return migration sample compared with the full sample: MLSFH men and women, 2006 and 2008

	2006		2008

	Return Migration Sample Only	Full Sample	Return Migration Sample Only	Full Sample
Female (%)	50.6	57.6^**	56.3	62.9^**
Mean Physical Health	52.3	52.5	51.6	51.5
Mean Mental Health	55.5	55.6	54.3	54.1
Mean Age	36.2	34.9^*	40.6	41.1
HIV-Infected	5.2%	5.4%	4.9%	6.0%
N	633	2212	1176	1838

Note: Asterisks indicate that t tests and chi-squared tests of the difference between return migration sample and full sample are statistically significant.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01