Table II.

Self-reported health in 2003 or death by characteristics at baseline (n=10,999 ^a)

	Non-poor	Poorb
	Mean (SD)c	Mean (SD)c	p-value
Total Sample Size (n=10,999a)	8,995	2,004
Age
Mean (SD)	61.6 (9.1)	66.5 (10.8)	*
Assets (LN at the individual level)g
Mean (SD)	10.8 (3.3)	10.4 (3.4)	*
	% c	% c	p-value
Age group
50–59	86.1%	13.9%	*
60–69	78.7%	21.3%
70–79	76.2%	23.8%
80+	66.7%	33.3%
Sex			*
Male	83.3%	16.7%
Female	79.3%	20.7%
Marital Status
Singled	82.0%	18.0%	*
Marriede	81.3%	18.7%
Widowed	79.7%	20.3%
Locationf
Urban	77.2%	22.8%	*
Rural	85.9%	14.1%
Education
Low	75.0%	25.0%	*
Moderate	81.8%	18.2%
High	88.8%	11.2%
Assets (LN at the individual level)g
Mean (SD)	10.8 (3.3)	10.4 (3.4)	*
Wealth Index (tertiles)h
Low	75.6%	24.4%	*
Medium	84.9%	15.1%
High	82.0%	18.0%
Type of Disease			*
Infectious	80.0%	20.0%
Chronic	76.8%	23.2%
Both	65.8%	34.2%
Neither	88.7%	11.3%

^*p<0.001;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.05

Data for this study was collected in rural and urban locations in Mexico by INEGI as part of the MHAS/ENASEM Study.

Note: p-values indicate Pearson’s Chi-Square test results for the categorical variables and t-test for the continuous variable (Assets) included using an unweighted model to compare the two categories

^aSample size across variables may vary due to missing values

^bPoor includes death between baseline and follow-up

^cWeights used when estimating means, standard deviations (SD), and percentages

^dIncludes single, divorced, or separated

^eIncludes married and cohabitation

^fRural regions have ≤100,000 inhabitants

^gCalculated in Mexican Pesos

^hWealth index uses the first factor of principal component analysis (see Methods section).