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. 2016 Mar 2;5:258. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-1913-2

Table 5.

Correlations between equivalised household income and expenditure, and other economic indicators (non-weighted analysis)

Peru, urban
n = 139
Peru, rural
n = 56
Mexico, urban
N = 190
Mexico, rural
n = 167
China, urban
n = 171
China, rural
N = 110
Equivalised household income, and
Equivalised household expenditure +0.50 (<0.001) +0.40 (0.003) +0.44 (<0.001) +0.30 (<0.001) +0.22 (0.004) +0.25 (0.009)
Equivalised food consumption +0.48 (<0.001) +0.42 (0.002) +0.44 (<0.001) +0.26 (0.001) +0.23 (0.003) +0.15 (0.12)
Number of assets +0.29 (<0.001) +0.55 (<0.001) +0.19 (0.008) +0.22 (0.005) +0.06 (0.41) +0.35 (<0.001)
Occupational social class +0.31 (<0.001) +0.07 (0.63) +0.09 (0.23) +0.02 (0.84) +0.22 (0.003) +0.02 (0.85)
Economic wellbeing +0.29 (0.001) +0.37 (0.005) +0.11 (0.14) +0.18 (0.03) +0.29 (<0.001) +0.30 (0.001)
Number of economic strain indicators −0.30 (<0.001 −0.34 (0.01) −0.02 (0.73) +0.20 (0.01) −0.02 (0.79) −0.31 (0.001)
Equivalised household expenditure, and
Equivalised food consumption +0.81 (<0.001) +0.84 (<0.001 +0.83 (<0.001) +0.79 (<0.001) +0.82 (<0.001) +0.81 (<0.001)
Number of assets +0.18 (0.03) +0.40 (0.002) +0.23 (0.001) +0.27 (0.001) +0.09 (0.23) +0.26 (0.006)
Occupational social class +0.20 (0.20) +0.06 (0.67) +0.14 (0.06) +0.02 (0.84) +0.08 (0.29) +0.03 (0.80)
Economic wellbeing +0.22 (0.009) +0.11 (0.44) +0.08 (0.27) +0.07 (0.41) +0.26 (0.001) +0.35 (<0.001)
Number of economic strain indicators −0.12 (0.15) −0.17 (0.22) −0.01 (0.89) −0.03 (0.67) +0.24 (0.003) −0.08 (0.43)