A person's DTI is calculated by dividing their total monthly debt payments, which includes credit card minimum payments, car loans, student loan payments and any other regular monthly debt commitments shown on your credit
report by your gross monthly income.
You can't get new credit To decide if they'll extend you credit, a company will usually look at your credit
report to calculate your debt - to -
income ratio (This equals all your
monthly debt payments divided
by your
gross monthly income).
Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower
income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita
gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large
income differences between rich and poor as reflected
by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539
reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined
by a
monthly household
income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater
income inequalities, and hence low -
income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low -
income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also
reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them
reporting elevated level of stress.