Health Status among Older Immigrants in the United States

Appendix Table: Odds Ratios from Logistic Regressions that Include Years-in-the-US as an Explanatory FactorIndependent Variable Fair/Poor Health ActivityLimitationsObesityNon-Hispanics:White native (reference) — — ---White immigrant (N=3,936) 1.151 1.087 0.783Black native (N=9,787) 1.466*** 1.080** 1.687***Black immigrant (N=363) 0.999 0.900 1.032Chinese immigrant (N=396) 0.581** 0.419*** 0.107***Chinese native (N=55) 0.773 0.514* 0.348Japanese immigrant (N=138) 0.753 0.466** 0.037**Japanese native (N=231) 0.531** 0.531*** 0.279***Other Asian immigrant (N=825) 1.093 0.690* 0.234***Other Asian native (N=67) 1.032 0.725 0.992Other immigrant (N=154) 1.414 1.145 0.895Other native (N=604) 1.379*** 1.066 1.535***Hispanics:Island-born Puerto Rican (N=619) 1.493* 1.397* 0.940Mainland-born Puerto Rican (N=123) 0.995 0.954 1.208Cuban immigrant (N=746) 0.921 0.723* 0.831Cuban native (N=94) 1.374 0.762 1.314Mexican immigrant (N=1,175) 0.858 0.644** 1.025Mexican native (N=1,832) 0.997 0.770*** 1.239***Other Hispanic immigrant (N=906) 0.900 0.749 0.654Other Hispanic native (N=1,160) 1.033 0.813** 0.991ControlsAge, sex, year, self-reportEducationIncome, family sizeRegion, MSA size, central cityYears-in-the-US-2LogLdfTTTTT105870.7195TTTTTTTTT118852.35 95 82611.999T95* p