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Table 1 Living conditions of the MS-MV and the immigrant population (CASEN survey 2006)

From: What are the living conditions and health status of those who don’t report their migration status? a population-based study in Chile

 

Immigrant population 1% total sample, n = 154 431 weighted population(1877 real observations)

MS-MV GROUP 0.67% total sample, n = 108 599 weighted population(1477 real observations)

% or mean

95% CI

% or mean

95% CI

DEMOGRAPHICS

Mean age**

X = 33.41

31.81–35.00

X = 26.13

23.41–28.26

Age categories:

<16 years old**

13.60

11.29–16.28

45.25

39.53–51.10

16-65 years old**

79.08

75.92–81.93

47.26

41.64–52.94

>65 years old

7.32

5.33–9.97

7.49

5.31–10.46

Sex (female = 1)

45.21

41.74–48.72

51.27

47.99–55.41

Marital status:

Single**

45.81

42.06–49.62

64.30

59.36–68.95

Married**

45.49

41.66–49.36

29.39

25.09–34.10

Divorced*

4.21

3.06–5.77

2.23

1.32–3.74

Widow

4.49

2.89–6.91

4.07

2.55–6.44

Ethnicity: any

5.57

3.79–8.10

5.59

3.90–7.96

Zone (Rural = 1)**

6.03

4.89–7.42

9.99

7.87–12.59

Area:

Northern

13.15

10.14–16.89

21.51

14.97–29.91

Central**

73.66

69.22–77.66

57.70

50.31–64.77

Southern*

13.19

10.50–16.45

20.78

16.41–25.96

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Educational level:

No education**

2.38

1.51–3.73

21.96

18.64–25.68

Primary School**

18.79

16.05–21.88

33.92

29.58–38.55

High School**

33.02

29.39–36.87

18.80

15.34–22.83

Technical level**

16.81

14.13–19.88

8.86

6.59–11.80

University level**

27.32

23.16–31.98

7.98

4.75–13.11

Household income per capita (USD)**

X = 746.69

610.98–882.41

X = 329.05

265.92–392.02

Current worker (yes)**

60.96

57.06-64.73

71.96

67.28–76.21

MATERIAL HOUSEHOLD CONDITIONS

Quality Household:

Acceptable

75.59

71.21–79.51

76.33

70.85–81.03

Sub-standard

23.03

19.18–27.40

23.19

18.52–28.63

Unfit

1.37

0.83–2.27

0.48

0.28–0.81

Sanitary Index (adequate = 1)

9.33

7.34–11.80

13.02

10.40–16.19

Overcrowding**

25.79

21.51–30.58

36.96

30.65–43.75

HAI

X = 1.05

0.79–1.31

X = −0.11

−0.32 – -0.09

  1. *p value <0.05 when comparing the same category between MS-MV and the immigrant population (chi2 test or t-test for independent samples).
  2. **p value <0.001 when comparing the same category between MS-MV and the immigrant population (chi2 test or t-test for independent samples).