Relationship between financial preparedness and decrease in income
| Variables | Decrease in income | Decrease in income |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Financial preparedness | −0.142*** | −0.0465 |
| −0.0519 | −0.0674 | |
| Financial preparedness × 2020 | −0.227** | |
| −0.102 | ||
| Gender | −0.0912 | −0.0943 |
| −0.0645 | −0.0645 | |
| 18–35 years old | 0.969** | 0.972** |
| −0.453 | −0.453 | |
| 36–55 years old | 1.024** | 1.026** |
| −0.448 | −0.448 | |
| More than 55 years old | 0.915** | 0.917** |
| −0.448 | −0.448 | |
| Year 2020 | 0.543*** | 0.661*** |
| −0.047 | −0.0715 | |
| Urban | 1.325*** | 1.327*** |
| −0.15 | −0.151 | |
| Constant | −1.040** | −1.084** |
| −0.448 | −0.449 | |
| Observations | 8,108 | 8,108 |
| Number of households | 5,658 | 5,658 |
| Variables | Decrease in income | Decrease in income |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Financial preparedness | −0.0465 | |
| −0.0519 | −0.0674 | |
| Financial preparedness × 2020 | ||
| −0.102 | ||
| Gender | −0.0912 | −0.0943 |
| −0.0645 | −0.0645 | |
| 18–35 years old | ||
| −0.453 | −0.453 | |
| 36–55 years old | ||
| −0.448 | −0.448 | |
| More than 55 years old | ||
| −0.448 | −0.448 | |
| Year 2020 | ||
| −0.047 | −0.0715 | |
| Urban | ||
| −0.15 | −0.151 | |
| Constant | −1.040** | −1.084** |
| −0.448 | −0.449 | |
| Observations | 8,108 | 8,108 |
| Number of households | 5,658 | 5,658 |
Note(s): Standard errors in parentheses, ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
The dependent variable is decrease in income that takes the value one if the person's income diminished from 2019 to 2020 and the value of zero otherwise. Financial preparedness is a dummy variable that takes the value one if the person had any banking instrument such as bank accounts and loans and had extra income to his/her main job during 2019 and zero otherwise. Gender takes the value of one if the person is a male and zero otherwise. Age is a categorial variable that takes the value of one, two, or three depending on the person's age. Urban is a variable that takes the value of one if the person comes from the Lima Metropolitan area and zero otherwise and Year 2020 is a dummy variable that takes the value of one in 2020 and zero otherwise. Financial preparedness × 2020 is an interaction variable that multiplies the Financial Preparedness dummy for 2020 times the Year 2020 dummy
Source(s): ENAHO. Own elaboration
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