Table 8.

Average Income and Asset Value in 2001 and 2012 by Key Characteristics, Longitudinal MHAS Sample ⁽¹, ², ³⁾

2001 Characteristics	Average income		% Change 2001–2012	Average asset value		% Change 2001–2012
	2001	2012		2001	2012
Total mean value (pesos 2001)	3,035	1,507	−50.4 ***	227,401	340,276	49.6 ***
Std. Deviation (pesos 2001)	(9,242)	(8,531)		(453,097)	(496,776)
Gender
Male	3,333	1,810	−45.7 ***	236,171	322,886	36.7 ***
Female	2,798	1,266	−54.8 ***	220,433	354,092	60.6 ***
Urbanized
Less	2,241	914	−59.2 ***	192,905	267,150	38.5 ***
More	3,983	2,215	−44.4 ***	268,631	427,676	59.2 ***
Age
50–59	3,165	1,447	−54.3 ***	217,680	338,930	55.7 ***
60+	2,860	1,587	−44.5 ***	240,507	342,090	42.2 ***
School years
0	1,809	701	−61.2 ***	168,247	226,845	34.8 ***
1 to 5	2,181	1,101	−49.5 ***	165,425	314,814	90.3 ***
6	2,955	1,196	−59.5 ***	219,976	357,758	62.6 ***
7+	6,802	3,899	−42.7 ***	456,688	553,127	21.1 ***
Medical insurance
Yes	3,727	2,227	−40.2 ***	258,673	384,186	48.5 ***
No	2,323	759	−67.3 ***	195,443	294,507	50.7 ***
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) (4)
No	3,037	1,429	−53.0 ***	225,313	342,175	51.9 ***
Yes	2,954	2,642	−10.6	260,082	312,097	20.0 ***
Number of diseases
0	3,113	1,725	−44.6 ***	218,327	336,752	54.2 ***
1	3,015	1,205	−60.0 ***	231,026	345,704	49.6 ***
2	3,224	1,347	−58.2 ***	281,310	362,667	28.9 ***
3+	2,405	2,182	−9.2	148,445	263,930	77.8 ***

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⁾Sample includes only those individuals interviewed in both years (n=7,305).

⁽⁴⁾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.

Statistically significant at: 1% ***; 5% **; 10% *