Table 4.
Sources of household income by site; median/mean % of total household income (weighted analysis)
| Site | Pension | Paid work | Assets | Gov’t transfers | Private transfers | % of total household income contributed by older adults | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All households | Households with younger adults | |||||||
| Peru, urban n = 140 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 24 (19–29) | 47 (39–56) | 4 (0–7) | 1 (0–2) | 16 (8–25) | 45 (36–54) | 36 (30–41) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 22 (7–34) | 52 (26–69) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 8 (0–21) | 37 (21–63) | 33 (19–48) | |
| Peru, rural n = 56 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 28 (20–36) | 43 (31–55) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 5 (0–11) | 51 (38–63) | 43 (35–51) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 20 (16–36) | 52 (19–69) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 40 (30–70) | 40 (31–60) | |
| Mexico, urban n = 190 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 35 (29–40) | 28 (21–36) | 6 (3–10) | 25 (21–29) | 3 (1–5) | 66 (56–75) | 51 (43–59) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 31 (12–61) | 6 (0–57) | 0 (0–0) | 24 (9–33) | 0 (0–0) | 70 (31–100) | 44 (26–77) | |
| Mexico, rural n = 167 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 52 (42–63) | 36 (27–45) | 1 (0–2) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (0–4) | 66 (63–74) | 53 (41–64) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 33 (13–100) | 23 (0–76) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0-0) | 100 (23–100) | 37 (18–100) | |
| China, urban n = 177 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 70 (65–75) | 13 (9–17) | 9 (6–12) | 4 (1-6) | 4 (2–6) | 68 (63–74) | 54 (49–60) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 82 (48–96) | 0 (0–22) | 3 (0-7) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 76 (42–100) | 52 (36–73) | |
| China, rural n = 147 |
Mean (95 % CI) | 12 (7–18) | 41 (30–51) | 45 (34–56) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (0–2) | 34 (26–42) | 27 (19–35) |
| Median (25th, 75th centile) | 2 (1–11) | 11 (4–88) | 11 (4-88) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 17 (5–52) | 17 (7–50) | |