Beyond Networks: Health, Crime, and Migration in Mexico

Table 1

MxFLS 2005 summary statistics.

Category	Variable	Nonmigrant		Migrant		Domestic migrant		International migrant
		(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)
Health	Heart condition	0.02		0.02		0.02		0.02
		(0.14)		(0.13)		(0.14)		(0.14)
	Hypertension	0.10	***	0.05	***	0.05	***	0.05
		(0.30)		(0.22)		(0.21)		(0.22)
	Diabetes	0.05	***	0.01	***	0.00	***	0.01
		(0.23)		(0.11)		(0.07)		(0.11)
	Overweight	0.66	***	0.44	***	0.44	***	0.44
		(0.47)		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.50)
	Obesity	0.28	***	0.12	***	0.10	***	0.13
		(0.45)		(0.32)		(0.31)		(0.33)
	Ulcers	0.07	**	0.06		0.06		0.06
		(0.26)		(0.23)		(0.23)		(0.25)
	General health status	0.44	**	0.47		0.48		0.42
		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.49)
	Relative health status	0.29	**	0.26		0.27	*	0.25
		(0.46)		(0.44)		(0.44)		(0.43)
Victimization/security	Robbery	0.23	***	0.27	**	0.29		0.20
		(0.42)		(0.45)		(0.46)		(0.40)
	Crime	0.24	***	0.28	***	0.30		0.21
		(0.42)		(0.45)		(0.46)		(0.41)
	Past perception	0.03	***	0.01	**	0.01	**	0.01
		(0.18)		(0.12)		(0.10)		(0.10)
	Future perception	0.06	**	0.05	*	0.04		0.05
		(0.25)		(0.21)		(0.20)		(0.22)
Observations		14,877		1,361		292		364
Individual	Age	39.78	***	29.41	***	29.70	***	29.82
		(11.88)		(8.55)		(8.84)		(9.28)
	Male	0.46	***	0.53		0.49	***	0.67
		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.47)
	Married	0.70	***	0.66	***	0.61	***	0.54
		(0.46)		(0.47)		(0.49)		(0.50)
	Education years	5.68	***	6.77	***	6.49	***	6.95
		(4.07)		(4.00)		(4.31)		(3.39)
	Activity	0.19	***	0.23	**	0.25	***	0.25
		(0.39)		(0.42)		(0.43)		(0.43)
	Head of household	0.70	***	0.17	***	0.13	***	0.28
		(0.46)		(0.37)		(0.34)		(0.45)
Family	Family size	5.43	***	6.53	***	6.03	***	6.65
		(2.44)		(2.66)		(2.30)		(2.72)
	Family kids	1.83		1.86	***	1.46	***	2.28
		(1.62)		(1.75)		(1.59)		(1.87)
	Family elders	0.20	***	0.29	***	0.37		0.22
		(0.48)		(0.56)		(0.67)		(0.48)
	Phone	0.50	***	0.55	*	0.45	***	0.60
		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.50)		(0.49)
	Own house	0.81		0.81		0.78		0.81
		(0.39)		(0.39)		(0.42)		(0.40)
	Own real estate	0.19	**	0.22		0.20	***	0.30
		(0.39)		(0.41)		(0.40)		(0.46)
	Family education years	2.12	*	2.17		2.20	**	2.00
		(0.97)		(0.88)		(0.91)		(0.83)
	Income decile	5.63	***	5.34	**	5.27	***	4.78
		(2.99)		(3.11)		(2.99)		(3.04)
	Indigenous	0.12		0.12		0.13	**	0.17
		(0.33)		(0.32)		(0.34)		(0.37)
	Health coverage	0.44	***	0.38		0.40	***	0.18
		(0.50)		(0.49)		(0.49)		(0.38)
	Progresa/Procampo	0.16		0.16		0.18	***	0.22
		(0.37)		(0.37)		(0.38)		(0.41)
Community	Rural	0.40		0.42	**	0.47	***	0.60
		(0.49)		(0.49)		(0.50)		(0.49)
	US migrant households	5.67	***	6.75	**	4.79	***	11.63
		(6.20)		(6.96)		(5.58)		(8.20)

Notes: mean group differences relative to nonmigrants (1): ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗∗𝑃<0.05, and ^∗𝑃<0.10.
Health indicators are measured in 2002.