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Table 1 Characteristics of 142 adults in a shantytown in Lima, Peru, 2012

From: A community-based cluster randomized survey of noncommunicable disease and risk factors in a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru

Characteristic

Total (N = 142)

Male (N = 43)

Female (N = 99)

 

%

%

%

p-value

Age (years)

   

0.23

  18-25

25.9

25.7

26.0

 

  26-35

32.4

37.7

27.2

 

  36-45

22.5

14.1

30.8

 

  46+

19.3

22.5

16.0

 

Marital status

   

0.10

  Single

36.8

46.3

27.4

 

  Married

18.8

22.1

15.5

 

  Separated

3.0

2.3

3.6

 

  Widowed

1.0

0.0

2.1

 

  Cohabitating

40.4

29.3

51.5

 

Highest level of education attained

   

0.81

Less than primary

14.0

13.7

14.3

 

Primary

36.4

33.9

38.8

 

Secondary

43.1

47.1

39.2

 

Technical institute

5.8

5.3

6.3

 

University (non-technical)

0.7

0.0

1.4

 

Weekly household income quartile (soles)

   

0.69

  <125

22.3

20.6

24.0

 

  125-200

31.8

26.9

36.7

 

  201-300

22.7

24.7

20.8

 

  >300

23.1

27.8

18.5

 

Mean household size (95% CI)

5.4 (4.8-5.9)

5.5 (4.7-6.3)

5.3 (4.7-5.9)

0.05

Health insurance

30.4

24.4

36.4

0.16

Migration from outside Lima-Callao

42.7

49.0

36.4

0.21

  1. Types of health insurance reported included Essalud, Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS), police or armed forces insurance, and private health insurance.