Reaching 100 in the Countryside: Health Profile and Living Circumstances of Portuguese Centenarians from the Beira Interior Region

Table 2

Income of the Beira Interior Portuguese centenarians ( = 101).

		Male	Female	Total	p
		( = 14)	( = 87)
Main source of income	Pension	6 (42.9%)	62 (71.3%)	68 (67.3%)	0.008
	Social security	7 (50%)	23 (26.4%)	30 (29.7%)
	Financial aid by children	1 (7.1%)	0	1 (1%)
	N/A	-	2 (2.3%)	2 (2%)
Income per month	<€250	1 (7.1%)	17 (19.5%)	18 (17.8%)	0.243
	€250–500	10 (71.4%)	56 (64.4%)	66 (65.3%)
	€500–750	2 (14.3%)	5 (5.8%)	7 (6.9%)
	€750–1,000	1 (7.1%)	1 (1.1%)	2 (2%)
	N/A	-	8 (9.2%)	8 (7.9%)
Income management	You cannot make ends meet	6 (42.9%)	34 (39%)	40 (39.6%)	0.021
	You just manage to get by	3 (21.4%)	40 (45.9%)	43 (42.6%)
	You have enough money with a little extra	5 (35.7%)	7 (8%)	12 (11.9%)
	Money is not a problem	0	3 (3.4%)	3 (3%)
	N/A	-	3 (3.4%)	3 (3%)
Cover medical expenses	Not difficult at all	4 (28.6%)	13 (14.9%)	17 (16.8%)	0.566
	Not very difficult	5 (35.7%)	28 (32.2%)	33 (32.7%)
	Somewhat difficult	4 (28.6%)	26 (29.9%)	30 (29.7%)
	Very difficult	1 (7.1%)	15 (17.2%)	16 (15.8%)
	N/A	-	5 (5.7%)	5 (5%)