Table 5.

Marginal risk differences in the prevalence of ≥5 depressive symptoms for adults ≥50 years in the Mexican Health and Aging Study (2001–2012) with at least one adult child elsewhere in Mexico versus no adult children elsewhere in Mexico, by total number of living children

Women
	≤3 total children (n = 1744)		≥4 total children (n = 4630)
	Marginal RD	95% CI	Marginal RD	95% CI
2001	−0.019	(−0.072, 0.034)	−0.001	(−0.030, 0.028)
2003	0.014	(−0.036, 0.064)	−0.002	(−0.032, 0.028)
2012	−0.012	(−0.052, 0.028)	0.003	(−0.030, 0.036)
Men
	≤3 total children (n=1498)		≥4 total children (n=3934)
	Marginal RD	95% CI	Marginal RD	95% CI
2001	−0.029	(−0.075, 0.017)	0.003	(−0.027, 0.032)
2003	0.010	(−0.036, 0.055)	0.005	(−0.024, 0.034)
2012	−0.107	(−0.170, −0.043)	−0.018	(−0.066, 0.030)

Source: Mexican Health and Aging Study.