Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the analytical samples for 2000 and 2006
ENSA- | ENSANUT- | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2000 (n = 27,177)* | 2006 (n = 22,658)* | ||
Dependent variable | |||
Type of health-care provider | Ministry of Health | 23% | 18% |
social security | 19% | 17% | |
private services | 19% | 25% | |
no-health-care | 39% | 40% | |
Individual variables | |||
Sex | male | 42% | 46% |
female | 58% | 54% | |
Age (1) | 26.97 [0.18] | 32 [.21] | |
1 to 4 years | 19% | 14% | |
5 to 20 years | 28% | 26% | |
21 to 59 years | 43% | 46% | |
> 59 years | 10% | 15% | |
Employment (2) | not employed | 74% | 70% |
employed | 26% | 30% | |
Social Security insurance (3) | no cover | 57% | 64% |
cover | 43% | 36% | |
Private insurance | no cover | 99% | 99% |
cover | 1% | 1% | |
Popular insurance (4) | no cover | 100% | 88% |
cover | 12% | ||
Type of health problem (5) | acute | 64% | 66% |
chronic | 6% | 14% | |
injury | 4% | 4% | |
other | 26% | 16% | |
Severity of health problem (6) | one | 3% | 2% |
two | 49% | 45% | |
three | 31% | 33% | |
four | 16% | 17% | |
five | 2% | 2% | |
Household variables | |||
Indigenous language (7) | no | 93% | 93% |
yes | 7% | 7% | |
Head of family sex | male | 78% | 80% |
female | 22% | 20% | |
Family size | 4.73 [.02] | 4.82 [.02] | |
Years of education (8) | 7.12 [0.04] | 7.69 [0.04] | |
Household per person expenditure (9) | 4067.904 [27.27] | 4272.882 [34.22] | |
Community variables | |||
Type of locality (10) | rural | 23% | 26% |
urban | 26% | 29% | |
metropolitan | 51% | 46% | |
Marginalization (11) | high | 25% | 14% |
medium | 16% | 9% | |
low | 59% | 77% | |