Table 5.

Percentage Distribution of Total Income by Source in 2001 and 2012, by Demographic Group, Full MHAS Samples ⁽¹, ², ³⁾

Groups	Earned		Business		Pension		Transfer (not family)		Property rent		Financial assets		Family help
	2001	2012	2001	2012	2001	2012	2001	2012	2001	2012	2001	2012	2001	2012
Total sample	38.3	48.9	24.2	11.0	13.4	22.4	2.8	4.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.1	19.2	10.1
Less urban:
Male:
50–59 age	38.8	64.3	41.2	11.9	2.6	9.1	4.4	8.0	1.2	−0.3	1.6	1.4	10.1	5.6
60–69 age	23.1	29.1	32.1	14.4	17.8	29.3	4.7	8.4	−1.1	5.7	2.6	0.7	20.7	12.5
70+ age	8.7	6.9	50.2	25.4	12.3	31.5	10.9	16.8	−6.1	3.1	0.9	0.9	23.2	15.5
Female:
50–59 age	37.6	51.9	24.4	−7.4	7.0	21.3	4.8	18.7	1.5	2.2	1.7	1.9	23.0	11.4
60–69 age	9.8	31.4	39.7	−60.2	11.2	53.9	4.9	18.9	−0.8	10.7	0.9	0.5	34.3	44.8
70+ age	6.3	2.1	12.6	−12.2	24.1	39.4	5.4	20.6	6.2	8.0	4.3	0.0	41.2	42.0
More urban:
Male:
50–59 age	64.5	71.9	22.9	19.5	4.7	4.7	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.2	1.2	6.3	1.4
60–69 age	52.2	44.1	17.4	20.6	18.1	28.2	0.6	0.7	1.0	−0.1	1.9	0.2	8.8	6.2
70+ age	25.4	18.6	29.5	4.1	28.9	59.6	1.4	3.4	−0.1	0.2	3.3	1.7	11.6	12.4
Female:
50–59 age	52.9	59.4	16.8	16.4	9.7	14.0	1.3	0.8	1.9	1.3	1.4	1.4	15.8	6.8
60–69 age	32.6	49.9	6.4	9.1	27.5	29.3	1.4	1.2	1.4	0.0	2.7	0.4	28.0	10.1
70+ age	9.6	8.8	1.3	1.1	26.3	51.1	4.8	6.7	−8.7	2.0	1.8	2.7	64.9	27.5

Source: Tabulations using the 2001 and 2012 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⁾Full MHAS Sample 2001=12,405 and 2012=13,946.