Table 2.
Total Net Value of Assets and Percentage Distribution of type of assets by Key Characteristics for 2001, MHAS Sample(1,2)
| Characteristics | Mean total net value of assets (pesos) | S.D. | P value (6) | % distribution across type of assets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Housing | Business | Real estate | Financial assets | Vehicle | Assets not (3) listed | (−) Debts (4) | ||||
| Total 2001 (n=12,405) | 217,108 | 415,603 | 62.4 | 16.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 10.2 | 0.3 | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 219,476 | 479,601 | 58.9 | 17.7 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 9.5 | 0.3 | |
| Female | 215,075 | 351,482 | 0.998 | 65.4 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| Urbanized | ||||||||||
| Less | 187,766 | 403,109 | 55.9 | 25.9 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 0.2 | |
| More | 250,803 | 427,023 | 0.000 | 68.0 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 12.7 | 0.4 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 50–59 | 214,661 | 421,437 | 60.8 | 16.6 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 10.6 | 0.5 | |
| 60+ | 219,215 | 410,501 | 0.026 | 63.7 | 15.5 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| School years | ||||||||||
| 0 | 154,366 | 269,734 | 65.2 | 23.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 0.1 | |
| 1 to 5 | 167,858 | 247,743 | 0.002 | 60.6 | 21.2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| 6 | 210,852 | 268,523 | 0.000 | 67.3 | 13.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
| 7+ | 419,404 | 762,452 | 0.000 | 59.8 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 0.4 |
| Medical insurance | ||||||||||
| Yes | 239,876 | 474,816 | 67.2 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 11.4 | 0.3 | |
| No | 192,563 | 338,250 | 0.000 | 55.9 | 25.3 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) (5) | ||||||||||
| No | 217,280 | 412,133 | 61.9 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 10.0 | 0.3 | |
| Yes | 217,256 | 452,665 | 0.000 | 67.7 | 14.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| Number of diseases | ||||||||||
| 0 | 219,715 | 421,962 | 59.5 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 10.4 | 0.4 | |
| 1 | 218,738 | 365,130 | 0.907 | 60.3 | 17.0 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| 2 | 240,459 | 545,405 | 0.048 | 70.8 | 11.4 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
| 3+ | 163,088 | 251,116 | 0.015 | 71.0 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
Source: Tabulations using the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study, weighted statistics.
Notes:
Excludes individuals with indirect (proxy) interview, and those with incomplete information.
For couple-households, each person of the couple is assigned the total joint value divided by two.
Other assets not listed above.
Other debts not mentioned, such as credit cards, medical debts, loans on life insurance or family loans.
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.
The P values are for tests of significant differences in the unweighted mean values across categories of each characteristic.