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Table 4 Prevalence (%) of active engagement* with community life in women and men aged 60 years and over in seven cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

From: Sex and the city: Differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Buenos Aires

Bridgetown

Sao Paulo

Santiago

Havana

Mexico City

Montevideo

All

N

1043

1508

2143

1301

1905

1247

1450

10597

Women %

(95%CI)

        

1) No regular community contact

11.4

(8.2–14.7)

15.5

(12.9–18.0)

4.5

(3.4–5.7)

3.9

(2.7–5.0)

12.1

(9.8–14.5)

9.9

(7.8–12.1)

7.3

(6.5–8.1)

8.9

(7.6–10.2)

2) Weekly community contact

10.0

(8.1-11.8)

10.6

()8.6–12.6

7.1

(5.7–8.4)

9.4

(6.7–12.1)

12.9

(10.7–15.2)

13.6

(10.8–16.5)

7.1

(4.7–9.5)

10.2

(9.2–11.3)

3) Passive help

5.6

(4.3–5.1)

7.3

(5.3–9.3)

4.6

(3.5–8.4)

11.3

(8.5–14.2)

4.8

(3.5–6.1)

7.7

(5.6–9.8)

9.4

(7.7–11.1)

6.8

(5.8–7.8)

4) Active help

47.0

(43.0–51.0)

31.7

(27.9–35.4)

45.1

(41.7–48.5)

46.5

(41.7–51.3)

61.2

(57.8–64.7)

49.9

(45.6–54.2)

55.3

(50.3–60.4)

48.8

(46.9–50.8)

5) Voluntary or paid work

26.0

(22.4–29.6)

35.0

(31.3–39.0)

38.7

(35.9–41.6)

28.9

(24.0–33.9)

8.9

(7.0–10.8)

18.9

(16.0–21.7)

20.8

(14.0–27.6)

25.2

(23.5–26.9)

Men %

(95%CI)

        

1) No regular community contact

7.2

(4.1–10.3)

12.7

(9.8–15.6)

3.3

(2.0–4.6)

2.3

(0.9–3.7)

6.6

(4.7–8.6)

3.5

(1.9–5.0)

3.9

(1.9–5.9)

4.8

(3.8–5.9)

2) Weekly community contact

5.6

(3.7–7.6)

10.2

(7.4–13.0)

5.7

(3.4–8.0)

8.9

(6.0–11.8)

8.3

(6.3–10.4)

11.3

(8.5–14.0)

5.1

(3.0–7.2)

7.6

(6.6–8.8)

3) Passive help

7.0

(3.8–10.3)

13.4

(10.5–16.3)

10.9

(8.3–13.4)

15.0

(12.4–17.7)

6.1

(4.3–7.8)

12.1

(9.2–15.0)

17.8

(13.7–21.8)

10.6

(8.9–12.3)

4) Active help

35.4

(31.7–39.2)

25.2

(21.1–29.3)

25.7

(21.9–29.5)

26.4

(21.0–31.8)

43.9

(39.9–47.9)

25.0

(21.1–28.9)

45.8

(41.7–49.9)

31.5

(29.0–34.0)

5) Voluntary or paid work

44.7

(39.7–49.7)

38.5

(34.3–42.7)

54.4

(49.9–58.9)

47.4

(42.6–52.3)

35.1

(31.3–38.9)

48.2

(43.6–52.8)

27.4

(23.0–31.9)

45.5

(42.9–48.1)

  1. *The 5 levels of community engagement were defined as follows:
  2. (1) See or speak with offspring, siblings, other family, or friends less than once a week; (2) See or speak with offspring, siblings, other family, or friends at least once a week; (3) Giving money, or giving things (like food, clothing etc) to offspring, siblings, other family, or friends; ± Level (2); (4) Helping offspring, siblings, other family, or friends with services (such as transportation, housework etc), or childcare; ± Level (2) ± Level (3); (5) Provided services for free (to social services, children's home, senior citizen's centre, college or university, health centre, church, hospital, or other place), or worked for free or for payment in the past week; ± Level (2) ± Level (3) ± Level (4). Active engagement was then defined as a combination of Levels (4) and (5).
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