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Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2017 Oct 20;37(1):59–90. doi: 10.1007/s11113-017-9449-x

Table 9.

Percentage Distributions for Income Sources and Asset Types in 2001 and 2012, Longitudinal MHAS Sample ⁽¹, ², ³⁾

	2001	2012		2001	2012

% distribution by income source			% distribution by asset type

Earned	41.7	18.6	Housing	62.5	73.2
Pension	10.8	44.4	Business	16.9	8.3
Transfer (not family)	3.2	8.9	Real estate	5.7	2.6
Business	26.4	0.9	Financial assets	1.6	1.1
Property rent	0.8	3.7	Vehicle	3.1	2.7
Financial assets	1.3	1.2	Assets not listed ⁽⁴⁾	10.5	12.5
Family help	15.8	22.2	(−) Debts ⁽⁵⁾	0.3	0.3
Total	100.0	100.0	Total	100.0	100.0

% distribution by number of income sources ⁽⁶⁾			% distribution by number of asset types ⁽⁶⁾

0	10.4	15.5	0	4.6	7.1
1	46.0	44.2	1–2	57.6	70.9
2+	43.6	40.4	3+	37.9	21.9
Total	100.0	100.0	Total	100.0	100.0

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⁾

Other assets not listed above.

⁽⁵⁾

Other debts not mentioned, such as credit cards, medical debts, loans on life insurance or family loans.

⁽⁶⁾

The 0 category includes no income/no assets and income/assets with a negative balance. Categories 1+ count income sources/asset types with positive balances.