Old-Age Disability and Wealth Among Return Mexican Migrants From the United States

Wong, Rebeca; González-González, César

doi:10.1177/0898264310380742

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“…Our findings on the association between vitamin D insufficiency and diabetes are in line with previously published studies [34,35]. Previous studies have found that return migrants have better socio-economic status, social networking, and relatively better awareness of their health compared to non-migrants [36]. This protective effect might be explained by the increase in household income through remittances from abroad, a major portion of which is spent on health care [37].…”

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confidence: 91%

Prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Kumar

Wong

Ottenbacher

et al. 2016

Annals of Epidemiology

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Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence and determinants of prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults from a subsample of the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Methods We examined 2012 participants from a subsample of the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Measures included sociodemographic characteristics, body mass index, central obesity, medical conditions, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hemoglobin A1c, and vitamin D. Logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and self-reported diabetes. Results Prevalence of prediabetes, undiagnosed, and self-reported diabetes in this cohort was 44.2%, 18.0%, and 21.4%, respectively. Participants with high waist-hip ratio (1.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.05–2.45) and high cholesterol (1.85, 95% CI = 1.36–2.51) had higher odds of prediabetes. Overweight (1.68, 95% CI = 1.07–2.64), obesity (2.38, 95% CI = 1.41–4.02), and high waist circumference (1.60, 95% CI = 1.06–2.40) were significantly associated with higher odds of having undiagnosed diabetes. Those residing in a Mexican state with high U.S. migration had lower odds of prediabetes (0.61, 95% CI = 0.45–0.82) and undiagnosed diabetes (0.53, 95% CI = 0.41–0.70). Those engaged in regular physical activity had lower odds of undiagnosed diabetes (0.74, 95% CI = 0.57–0.97). Conclusions There is a high prevalence of prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes among Mexican adults in this subsample. Findings suggest the need for resources to prevent, identify, and treat persons with prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes.

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confidence: 91%

Prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Kumar

Wong

Ottenbacher

et al. 2016

Annals of Epidemiology

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“…Given that only about 16% of the male MHAS sample have ever migrated to the U.S., the average effect on this portion of the sample would be much greater than the 5% average effect across the entire sample. As has been documented elsewhere, life-cycle migration of men to the United States contributes importantly to economic well being in old age for those who are back in Mexico (Wong and Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 2010). …”

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Modeling old-age wealth with endogenous early-life outcomes: The case of Mexico

DeGraff

Wong

2014

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

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This paper contributes to the literature on the life course and aging by examining the association between early-life outcomes and late-life well being, using data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Empirical research in this area has been challenged by the potential endogeneity of the early-life outcomes of interest, an issue which most studies ignore or downplay. Our contribution takes two forms: (1) we examine in detail the potential importance of two key life-cycle outcomes, age at marriage (a measure of family formation) and years of educational attainment (a measure of human capital investment) for old-age wealth, and (2) we illustrate the empirical value of past context variables that could help model the association between early-life outcomes and late-life well being. Our illustrative approach, matching macro-level historical policy and census variables to individual records to use as instruments in modeling the endogeneity of early-life behaviors, yields a statistically identified two-stage model of old-age wealth with minimum bias. We use simulations to show that the results for the model of wealth in old age are meaningfully different when comparing the approach that accounts for endogeneity with an approach that assumes exogeneity of early-life outcomes. Furthermore, our results suggest that in the Mexican case, models which ignore the potential endogeneity of early-life outcomes are likely to under-estimate the effects of such variables on old-age wealth.

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“…Given that (return) migrants’ children are more likely to migrate themselves (Wong & Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 2010), nonmigrants may have more adult children living closer to them (e.g., in the same house but separate household; in the same neighborhood; or in the same village, town, or city). This could result in a systematic underestimation of the difference in potential family support availability between return migrants and nonmigrants.…”

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“…The weakening of family ties, then, may result in less family support in later life for Mexican return migrants, and this could particularly affect those with longer duration of stay in the United States. On the other hand, return migrants may fare better than nonmigrants in other respects; they may have more money to exchange for personal assistance as a consequence of having worked in the United States (Wong & Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 2010), and they are also more likely to have family members, especially children, who live in the United States and who provide them with financial support (Antman, 2012). …”

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Household Composition and Longitudinal Health Outcomes for Older Mexican Return Migrants

Mudražija¹,

López-Ortega

Vega

et al. 2016

Res Aging

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Mexican return migrant population is increasing, yet our knowledge about their lives after resettlement in Mexico remains fragmentary. Using 2001–2012 longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study, we investigate difference in household composition for older migrants who returned from the United States compared to nonmigrants. Furthermore, we fit a Cox proportional hazards model to assess the relationship between household composition and health and functional trajectories of return migrants and nonmigrants. The results indicate that return migrants with long duration of U.S. stay have different household composition than nonmigrants or short-term migrants: On average, they have smaller household size, including fewer females who may be available to offer assistance to older adults. Presence of middle-age females in the household has positive effects on health and functional trajectories. We highlight implications of this research for policy makers in Mexico and the United States.

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Old-Age Disability and Wealth Among Return Mexican Migrants From the United States

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

Prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Modeling old-age wealth with endogenous early-life outcomes: The case of Mexico

Household Composition and Longitudinal Health Outcomes for Older Mexican Return Migrants

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