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Table 1 Household and individual resident characteristics, by site (weighted analyses)

From: The economic status of older people’s households in urban and rural settings in Peru, Mexico and China: a 10/66 INDEP study cross-sectional survey

 

Peru (urban)

Peru (rural)

Mexico (urban)

Mexico (rural)

China (urban)

China (rural)

Household characteristics

Number of households (weighted number)

140 (703)

56 (371)

190 (600)

167 (597)

177 (508)

147 (611)

Number of residents—median (IQR)

4 (2–6)

3 (2–7)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

2 (2–3)

4 (3–5)

Household composition (MV)

2

0

3

0

2

1

 Older adults only (%)

14.2

28.8

33.0

30.8

39.2

12.9

 Older adults with younger adults (%)

85.8

70.7

64.4

66.4

58.6

79.5

 Younger adults only (%)

0.0

0.5

2.6

2.8

2.2

7.6

 With children <16 years (%)

22.9

24.3

24.7

39.7

3.8

21.4

 MV

2

0

3

0

2

1

 Assets index—median (IQR)

9 (8–10)

8 (6–9)

8 (7–9)

6 (5–7)

8 (7–10)

9 (7–10)

 MV

    

12

192

 Home ownership (%)

91.6

96.6

97.9

100.0

52.1

100.0

 MV

10

0

13

0

14

202

 Agricultural land ownership (%)

0.3

17.5

6.1

25.1

0.0

58.3

 MV

0

0

0

0

0

169

 Any savings (%)

2.0

10.8

8.0

3.2

64.7

42.1

 MV

2

0

0

0

52

201

 Savings >100 % of annual HH income (%)

0

0

1.8

0.0

41.0

9.4

 MV

2

0

0

0

52

201

 Any debts (%)

10.0

6.1

7.1

9.3

1.8

1.9

 MV

2

0

0

0

0

7

 Catastrophic healthcare costs (>10 % of household income) (%)

11.4

14.2

25.2

31.1

29.1

12.2

 MV

2

32

2

7

2

0

 One or more indicators of economic strain (%)

42.7

78.6

54.5

46.5

10.1

25.1

 MV

2

0

0

0

63

208

 Overall financial situation (% bad or very bad)

4.6

15.4

18.1

15.6

2.7

8.4

 MV

2

0

9

0

23

192

 Overall household life satisfaction (% dissatisfied or very dissatisfied)

6.4

8.8

11.0

8.2

3.5

9.5

 MV

2

0

9

0

23

192

Individual characteristics

Number of individual residents (weighted)

611 (3079)

228 (1583)

685 (1980)

604 (2261)

455 (1312)

594 (2454)

Female gender (%)

58.0

50.9

64.7

54.4

59.7

50.1

MV

0

0

0

0

7

42

Age distribution—MV

2

6

12

0

2

1

 <5 years (%)

5.7

3.5

2.6

2.8

0.5

2.8

 5–16 years (%)

5.5

14.6

8.7

15.2

1.0

3.3

 16–64 (%)

56.1

42.8

46.8

46.2

44.0

60.0

 65+ (%)

32.8

39.1

41.9

35.9

54.6

33.9

Children and adults in FT education (%), by age

 5–15 years (%)

76.9 (26.0)

78.4 (14.3)

94.2

84.2

100.0

91.2

 16–64 years (%)

8.1

0.0

12.7

7.4

7.0

4.0

Children and adults in paid work (%), by age

 5–15 (%)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.0

1.2

 16–64

      

 In work (%)

72.1

56.6

62.1

69.6

42.6

85.8

 Other roles

  Seeking work (%)

2.7

0.3

1.8

1.3

8.0

0.0

  Student (%)

11.5

11.9

12.5

6.6

5.2

3.6

  Homemaker/child care (%)

6.1

15.6

11.7

13.8

1.5

4.1

  Caring for OA (%)

3.7

3.9

1.5

1.0

0.0

3.2

  Retired (%)

2.9

0.0

3.6

0.1

34.1

1.9

  Limiting long-term illness or disability (%)

0.6

11.5

2.2

3.2

0.9

0.0

 65+

  In work (%)

4.6

15.3

11.7

22.8

0.0

7.3

  Seeking work (%)

3.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Adults receiving a pension (%), by age

 16–64 years (%)

2.8

0.3

2.7

0.1

39.2

1.2

 65+ years (%)

70.0

59.8

65.7

90.5

94.6

14.8

 Monthly income from pensions (international $) for those aged 65 and over receiving a pension—mean (SD)

391 (190)

268 (75)

278 (308)

90 (122)

752 (706)

108 (125)

  1. MV missing values (weighted)