Table 1.
Total Monthly Income and Percentage Distribution of Income Sources by Key Characteristics for 2001 MHAS Sample (1,2)
| Characteristics | Mean total income (monthly pesos) | S.D. | P value (4) | % distribution across income sources | ||||||
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| Earned | Business | Pension | Transfer (not family) | Property rent | Financial assets | Family help | ||||
| Total 2001 (n=12,405) | 3,042 | 9,674 | 38.3 | 24.2 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 19.2 | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 3,386 | 10,137 | 42.6 | 30.1 | 11.7 | 2.7 | −0.2 | 1.8 | 11.4 | |
| Female | 2,746 | 9,248 | 0.060 | 33.7 | 18.0 | 15.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 27.5 |
| Urbanized | ||||||||||
| Less | 2,226 | 9,138 | 24.4 | 35.0 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 23.0 | |
| More | 3,979 | 10,174 | 0.000 | 47.2 | 17.3 | 15.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 16.8 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 50–59 | 3,358 | 8,861 | 51.5 | 24.7 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 12.8 | |
| 60+ | 2,769 | 10,315 | 0.000 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 20.7 | 3.6 | −0.7 | 2.2 | 25.9 |
| School years | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1,656 | 6,372 | 25.0 | 28.8 | 7.6 | 5.1 | −1.1 | 0.3 | 34.3 | |
| 1 to 5 | 2,397 | 9,959 | 0.021 | 30.2 | 27.9 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 28.0 |
| 6 | 2,838 | 9,351 | 0.011 | 35.2 | 28.2 | 15.5 | 2.7 | −2.1 | 0.7 | 19.9 |
| 7+ | 6,726 | 12,596 | 0.000 | 50.2 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 6.9 |
| Medical insurance | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3,740 | 9,864 | 42.5 | 16.4 | 19.5 | 2.0 | −0.3 | 2.2 | 17.6 | |
| No | 2,301 | 9,384 | 0.000 | 30.5 | 38.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
| Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) (3) | ||||||||||
| No | 3,101 | 9,851 | 38.7 | 24.6 | 13.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 18.5 | |
| Yes | 2,364 | 7,578 | 0.000 | 31.0 | 18.7 | 15.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 28.9 |
| Number of diseases | ||||||||||
| 0 | 3,269 | 10,063 | 48.4 | 21.1 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 15.4 | |
| 1 | 3,126 | 10,612 | 1.000 | 31.5 | 30.6 | 15.1 | 2.3 | −0.2 | 2.0 | 18.7 |
| 2 | 2,849 | 8,639 | 0.226 | 25.6 | 21.6 | 17.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 27.7 |
| 3+ | 2,409 | 6,438 | 0.783 | 30.6 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 30.1 |
Source: Tabulations using the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study, weighted statistics.
Notes:
(1)
Excludes individuals with indirect (proxy) interview, and those with incomplete information.
(2)
For couple-households, each person of the couple is assigned the total joint value divided by two.
(3)
1 = Has difficulty with at least one ADL: bathing or showering, eating, getting into or out of bed, using the toilet, dressing.
0 = No difficulty with ADLs.
(4)
The P values are for tests of significant differences in the unweighted mean values across categories of each characteristic.