Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Main Attributes of Human Capital, Family Formation, and Old-Age Net Worth by Age Group and Sex, Individuals Aged 50 Years and Older, in Mexico, 2001
| Main Attribute | Age Group (Years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 to 59 |
60 to 69 |
70 and Older |
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Years of education | 5.50 (5.20) | 4.42 (5.88) | 4.16 (4.38) | 3.40 (3.99) | 2.86 (4.57) | 2.68 (4.13) |
| Age at first marriage/union | 29.90 (5.52) | 20.37 (5.30) | 24.50 (6.49) | 20.30 (5.49) | 24.30 (7.13) | 20.63 (6.65) |
| Number of marriages | 1.13 (0.58) | 1.08 (0.49) | 1.20 (0.56) | 1.07 (0.40) | 1.31 (0.89) | 1.04 (0.49) |
| Number of children | 5.12 (3.21) | 5.65 (3.36) | 6.37 (3.81) | 6.57 (3.96) | 6.98 (4.22) | 6.31 (3.98) |
| Percentage of people living in more urban areas | 0.69 (0.46) | 0.70 (0.46) | 0.63 (0.48) | 0.66 (0.47) | 0.59 (0.49) | 0.67 (0.47) |
| Highest education among children | 10.75 (4.54) | 10.99 (4.64) | 11.05 (4.87) | 10.75 (5.34) | 9.26 (5.71) | 8.83 (5.79) |
| Percentage ever employed (paid or not) | 99.6 (6.46) | 70.3 (45.71) | 99.5 (7.03) | 67.6 (46.79) | 99.3 (8.23) | 63.5 (48.17) |
| Age at first job (paid or not) | 13.42 (4.79) | 17.79 (9.93) | 13.03 (4.61) | 18.70 (10.68) | 13.05 (5.28) | 20.46 (12.17) |
| Percentage of life worked for pay | 68.9 (13.43) | 35.4 (26.47) | 70.1 (16.22) | 35.0 (26.17) | 67.5 (17.92) | 32.9 (26.34) |
| Current net worth (×1,000 pesos)a | 392.94 (973.34) | 347.62 (606.16) | 406.69 (866.51) | 361.77 (742.94) | 334.63 (547.51) | 259.77 (377.34) |
| Net worth ratio (men aged 50 to 59 years = 100) | 100.00 | 88.47 | 103.50 | 92.07 | 85.16 | 66.11 |
| Number of observationsb | 2,680 | 3,227 | 1,741 | 2,099 | 1,300 | 1,438 |
Source: Authors’ calculations using the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study, weighted.
Note: entries are means, with standard deviations in parentheses.
a
The exchange rate in 2001 was $1 to 10 pesos.
b
The number of observations may vary because of missing values.