title: Well-being and family support among elderly rural Mexicans in the context of migration to the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore perceptions of well-being, family support, and economic resources in relation to level of contact with migration to the U.S. among a sample of elderly males from rural Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  The snowballing technique was used to obtain a sample of 372 participants. Four groups were created according to the level of contact with migration among older adults and their children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Greater level of contact with migration was associated with a higher likelihood that an older adult was literate, married or living with someone, self-employed, and retired or pensioned. In addition, greater level of contact with migration to the U.S. was associated with a higher level of perceived well-being, family support, and economic security.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elderly, rural Mexican men with a greater degree of contact with migration to the U.S. seem to have more security and well-being in their old age.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Mexico.
authors.forename: Tonatiuh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gonzalez Vazquez
authors.forename: Pastor
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonilla Fernandez
authors.forename: Berenice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jauregui Ortiz
authors.forename: Thespina J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yamanis
authors.forename: V Nelly
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Salgado de Snyder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States