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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2013 Jul 18;103(9):1610–1618. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301169

Table 1.

Sociodemografic characteristics of the Mexican sample. MNCS-CPES (n=6,990).a

Migrant categoriesb
No migrant in family n=2,878 Members of migrant householdsc n=2,904 1st generation migrantsd n=412 1.5 or 2nd generation migrantse n=308 3rd or higher generation migrantsf n=488 X2 (df)

% % % % %

Sex
    Male 45.67 49.69 56.95 50.19 52.15 13.61 (4)*
    Female 54.33 50.31 43.05 49.81 47.85
Age categories
    18 - 25 years old 28.86 26.33 15.34 38.62 29.99 67.03 (12)***
    26 - 35 years old 27.41 29.56 40.05 26.40 19.24
    36 - 45 years old 20.90 22.33 25.33 11.36 22.59
    46+ years old 22.82 21.77 19.29 23.62 28.18
Marital status
    Married/Cohabiting 65.24 69.65 78.42 54.91 59.57 44.70 (8)***
    Divorced/Separated/Widowed 7.82 6.70 8.73 13.47 14.27
    Never Married 26.94 23.65 12.85 31.62 26.16
Education
    0-5 years education 19.74 14.91 17.59 8.28 4.43 204.35 (12)***
    6-8 years education 21.92 21.32 32.36 8.58 4.09
    9-11 years education 30.24 27.58 20.63 23.75 23.69
    12+ years education 28.11 36.19 29.43 59.38 67.78
a

MNCS - Mexican National Comorbidity Survey; CPES - Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys; Mexican sample of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCSR) and the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS).

b

Unweighted frequencies; weighted percentages

c

Mexican with a migrant in family or who migrated and returned to Mexico (from the MNCS)

d

Mexico born migrated at 13y or older (from the NLAAS and NCSR)

e

Mexico born migrated at 12y or younger, or US Born Mexican decent, no US born parents (NLAAS and NCSR)

f

US Born Mexican decent, at least one US born parent (NLAAS and NCSR)

*

P < .05

** P < .01

***

P < .001, by the Wald test