Table 3 Household assets and composition (at follow-up interview) by household selection characteristics

China urban

6 (5–6)

6 (5–6)

6 (5–6)

0.24

China rural

6 (5–6.5)

6 (4.5-7)

6 (5–6)

0.71

Peru urban

6 (6–6)

6 (6–6)

6 (6–6)

0.63

Peru rural

5 (4–6)

5 (5–6)

5 (5–6)

0.51

Mexico urban

6 (6–7)

6 (6–7)

6 (6–7)

0.66

Mexico rural

4 (3–5)

5 (3–6)

4 (3–6)

0.27

Household composition

Older person living alone, n (%)

Incident care

Chronic care

Control

Chi-sq, p-value

China urban

1 (0.8%)

2 (3.6%)

22 (13.1%)

23.5, <0.001

China rural

4 (5.5%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (11.0%)

2.7, 0.62

Peru urban

3 (3.4%)

2 (3.9%)

7 (5.1%)

3.7, 0.45

Peru rural

4 (10.5%)

1 (9.1%)

5 (10.2%)

3.1, 0.54

Mexico urban

8 (9.5%)

5 (13.5%)

25 (20.7%)

6.3, 0.18

Mexico rural

11 (12.9%)

2 (7.7%)

17 (15.3%)

4.4, 0.36

Co-resident children <16, n (%)

Incident care

Chronic care

Control

Chi-sq, p-value

China urban

9 (7.3%)

2 (3.6%)

10 (6.0%)

0.9, 0.63

China rural

14 (19.2%)

1 (11.1%)

21 (25.6%)

1.6, 0.45

Peru urban

34 (39.1%)

17 (33.3%)

53 (38.4%)

0.5, 0.77

Peru rural

19 (51.4%)

4 (36.4%)

16 (32.7%)

3.1, 0.21

Mexico urban

25 (29.8%)

16 (43.2%)

30 (24.8%)

4.7, 0.10

Mexico rural

28 (32.9%)

6 (23.1%)

25 (22.5%)

2.9, 0.24

Household size, median (25 ^th , 75 ^th centile)

Incident care

Chronic care

Control

Kruskal-Wallis test, p-value

China urban

3 (2–4)

3 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

0.03

China rural

4 (2.5-5)

3 (2–4.5)

4 (2–5)

0.69

Peru urban

4 (3–6)

5 (3–6)

4 (2–6)

0.11

Peru rural

4 (2–5)

4 (3–5)

3 (2–5)

0.27

Mexico urban

4 (2–5)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

0.14

Mexico rural

3 (2–5)

3.5 (2–5)

3 (2–4)

0.11