UPDATE 1-Mexico consumer confidence slips in Feb

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MEXICO CITY, March 6 (Reuters) - Mexico's consumer confidence index <MXCONC=ECI> slipped in February to 103.6 from 104.3 in January, the government said on Tuesday.

The government said the consumer confidence level fell 4.2 percent in comparison with the same month a year ago and slipped 0.7 percent from January.

The index showed more people felt economically better off than a year earlier and expected their households to be more financially sound a year into the future than in January.

More people also felt able to buy big-ticket consumer durables than in the previous month. However people were much less confident than in January about the state of the Mexican economy compared to a year earlier, and fewer respondents saw it on a better footing in 12 months' time.