Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients for relation between age adjusted mortality in all ages and mortality in children under 5, and median household disposable income and the share of disposable income received by households below specified centile in Taiwan, 1976, 1985, and 995

Variable	All age mortality				Mortality in under 5s
	1976	1985	1995		1976	1985	1995
Median household disposable income	−0.69***	−0.66***	−0.71***		−0.79***	−0.61**	−0.50*
Share of household disposable income received by less well off:
20%	−0.17	−0.31	−0.57**		−0.47*	−0.54*	−0.64**
50%	−0.22	−0.29	−0.62**		−0.47*	−0.49*	−0.73***
70%	−0.14	−0.22	−0.64**		−0.38	−0.48*	−0.75***
90%	−0.08	−0.20	−0.58**		−0.38	−0.34	−0.68***

^*P<0.05; ^** P<0.01; ^*** P<0.001.