Baseline mean asset scores were also poorer among operated cases than controls in each country (Kenya: −0.8 vs 0.5; Bangladesh; −0.7 vs 0.2), although this was non-significant in the Philippines (−0.2 vs 0.3).
The variable is positive when the household crosses from below to above the mean asset index.
The mean asset index score for the 10,319 households was 0.24 (SD = 0.14).
The mean asset of the midline deviation was significantly higher in the scoliotic group, of which importance is increased by the lower mean value typical for the CTRL group, this value being even lower than of the MSCH group.
The women having less schooling were in general from families having lower mean asset scores (−1.23 vs. 1.36, P < 0.001), more frequent deficits in a scale for income expenditure status (P < 0.001), and more frequent presence of daily wager in the family (P < 0.001).
For investors it is all about hedging risk to a greater extent than normal, which means assets that will retain their value if the dollar, U.S. stocks and U.S. government bonds head south.
Only, if you say: "We'll tell you later how we're going to do it", instead of: "Detailed modalities are to come", people might say: "Gee, Mario mate, it sounds a bit like you aren't quite sure yet what your plan is... .. ABS (asset-backed securities) The aforementioned term ABS means asset-backed securities.
That could mean pledging assets like real estate, or specific revenue streams like tax receipts.
Low interest rates and perky stockmarkets mean that assets being divested can fetch top dollar.
To compute the 10th and 90th centile, the distribution of real estate exposure was weighted by the mean bank assets of the bank during the 1995-1997 period.
