TY - JOUR
T1 - Ingreso y bienes de la población de edad media y avanzada en méxico*
AU - Wong, Rebeca
AU - Espinoza, Mónica
N1 - Funding Information:
Versiones anteriores de este artículo fueron presentadas como ponencias en la reuniones de la Gerontological Society of America, celebradas en Boston en noviembre de 2002; y en la Reunión de expertos en redes sociales de apoyo a las personas adultas mayores: el rol del Estado, la familia y la comunidad, organizada por la Celade y celebrado en Chile en diciembre de 2002.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The purpose of this article is to describe the amount and types of income and assets that the middle and old age population receive and own in Mexico. We use data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) 2001; a prospective panel study with national representation of individuals aged 50 and older. The results confirm the hypotheses of the paper: that the distributions of income and wealth are biased in favor of certain groups, in particular those highly educated; that the majority of the wealth of individuals is in non-financial form; that family help is an important source of income; and that the association between wealth and health is positive in general, which is consistent with the international literature for other countries. In addition, we find that wealth is more equitably distributed than income. We conclude that the wealth indicator offers an additional dimension of analysis than income, with potential to contribute to studies of well-being of the population of middle and old age in Mexico.
AB - The purpose of this article is to describe the amount and types of income and assets that the middle and old age population receive and own in Mexico. We use data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) 2001; a prospective panel study with national representation of individuals aged 50 and older. The results confirm the hypotheses of the paper: that the distributions of income and wealth are biased in favor of certain groups, in particular those highly educated; that the majority of the wealth of individuals is in non-financial form; that family help is an important source of income; and that the association between wealth and health is positive in general, which is consistent with the international literature for other countries. In addition, we find that wealth is more equitably distributed than income. We conclude that the wealth indicator offers an additional dimension of analysis than income, with potential to contribute to studies of well-being of the population of middle and old age in Mexico.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118117831
SN - 1405-7425
VL - 9
SP - 129
EP - 166
JO - Papeles de poblacion / Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados de la Poblacion, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
JF - Papeles de poblacion / Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados de la Poblacion, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
IS - 37
ER -