Table 4.
Reasons reported for having last returned from the United States among Mexicans in Mexico aged 50 years and older who at some point returned from the U.S.
| Reason for returninga | Main reason for returningb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age returned | <50 | 50+ | Total | <50 | 50+ | Total |
| Unweighted N | 631 | 321 | 952 | 631 | 321 | 952 |
| Illness (%) | 4.4 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
| Missed family (%) | 36.3 | 26.1 | 33.3 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 5.2 |
| Difficult to be in U.S. (%) | 16.5 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 32.2 | 25.4 | 30.2 |
| Economic reasons (%) | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 10 | 6.2 | 8.9 |
| Migration problems (%) | 5.9 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Family problems in Mexico (%) | 10.6 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 10 | 12.6 |
| Other (%) | 25.8 | 37 | 29.1 | 25.4 | 34.6 | 28.1 |
| Missing (%) | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| Total reasons listed | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | - | - | - |
*
p-value<0.05
**
p-value<0.01
***
p-value<0.001
Source: Authors’ calculations using the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Estimates weighted by MHAS-provided sampling weights.
a
Categories are not mutually exclusive.
b
Categories are mutually exclusive. If respondents selected more than one reason for returning, they were asked to select the main reason.