Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of participants stratified by sex 2006 and 2014, Ecuador (weighted samples)

Categories

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age

 20 – 39

7636 (52.16)

8225 (52.01)

14,744 (48.96)

15,803 (48.82)

 40 -64

5394 (36.85)

5750 (36.36)

11,537 (38.31)

12,389 (38.27)

 More than 64

1609 (10.99)

1840 (11.64)

3834 (12.73)

4177 (12.91)

Residence

 Urban

9888 (67.54)

11,084 (70.09)

21,537 (71.51)

23,691 (73.19)

 Rural

4751 (32.46)

4731 (29.91)

8578 (28.49)

8678 (26.81)

Ethnicity

 Non-indigenous

13,612 (92.98)

14,767 (93.37)

28,053 (93.15)

30,142 (93.12)

 Indigenous

1027 (7.02)

1048 (6.63)

2062 (6.85)

2227 (6.88)

Level of education

 Higher (highest)

2931 (20.02)

3124 (19.76)

6439 (21.38)

7033 (21.73)

 Secondary

4622 (31.57)

4876 (30.83)

10,710 (35.57)

11,164 (34.49)

 Primary

6193 (42.31)

6272 (39.66)

10,867 (36.08)

11,075 (34.22)

 Incomplete primary (lowest)

892 (6.09)

1542 (9.75)

2098 (6.97)

3096 (9.57)

Household wealth index

 1st quintile (highest)

3525 (24.55)

4216 (26.84)

9168 (31.06)

10,448 (32.46)

 2nd quintile

3241 (22.57)

3707 (23.60)

6815 (23.09)

7672 (23.83)

 3rd quintile

2917 (20.31)

3145 (20.02)

5632 (19.08)

5938 (18.45)

 4th quintile

2422 (16.87)

2478 (15.78)

4176 (14.15)

4500 (13.98)

 5th quintile (lowest)

2254 (15.70)

2161 (13.76)

3726 (12.62)

3633 (11.29)