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Table 4 Sources of household income by site; median/mean % of total household income (weighted analysis)

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

Site

 

Pension

Paid work

Assets

Gov’t transfers

Private transfers

% of total household income contributed by older adults

All households

Households with younger adults

Peru, urban

n = 140

Mean (95 % CI)

24 (19–29)

47 (39–56)

4 (0–7)

1 (0–2)

16 (8–25)

45 (36–54)

36 (30–41)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

22 (7–34)

52 (26–69)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

8 (0–21)

37 (21–63)

33 (19–48)

Peru, rural

n = 56

Mean (95 % CI)

28 (20–36)

43 (31–55)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

5 (0–11)

51 (38–63)

43 (35–51)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

20 (16–36)

52 (19–69)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

40 (30–70)

40 (31–60)

Mexico, urban

n = 190

Mean (95 % CI)

35 (29–40)

28 (21–36)

6 (3–10)

25 (21–29)

3 (1–5)

66 (56–75)

51 (43–59)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

31 (12–61)

6 (0–57)

0 (0–0)

24 (9–33)

0 (0–0)

70 (31–100)

44 (26–77)

Mexico, rural

n = 167

Mean (95 % CI)

52 (42–63)

36 (27–45)

1 (0–2)

3 (1–5)

2 (0–4)

66 (63–74)

53 (41–64)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

33 (13–100)

23 (0–76)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0-0)

100 (23–100)

37 (18–100)

China, urban

n = 177

Mean (95 % CI)

70 (65–75)

13 (9–17)

9 (6–12)

4 (1-6)

4 (2–6)

68 (63–74)

54 (49–60)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

82 (48–96)

0 (0–22)

3 (0-7)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

76 (42–100)

52 (36–73)

China, rural

n = 147

Mean (95 % CI)

12 (7–18)

41 (30–51)

45 (34–56)

1 (1–2)

1 (0–2)

34 (26–42)

27 (19–35)

Median (25th, 75th centile)

2 (1–11)

11 (4–88)

11 (4-88)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

17 (5–52)

17 (7–50)