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Table 3 Unadjusted global and stratified prevalence of activity limitations by SDH in immigrant (n = 746.600) and Chilean born population (n = 15.538.162), aged 6 years or more

From: A comparative analysis of health status of international migrants and local population in Chile: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis from a social determinants of health perspective

Social determinants of health

Activity limitations

Chilean born population

Migrant population

n = 812.277

n = 17.846

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

11.52%

[11.2–11.8%]

5.56%

[4.3–7.2%]

Sex

 Female

6.18%

[6.0–6.4%]

3.39%

[1.6–7.1%]

 Male

4.16%****

[4.0–4.4%]

1.33%****

[0.9–2.1%]

Age categories

 < 6

 6–14 years

4.57%****

[4.2–5.0%]

4.46%****

[1.9–10.4%]

 15–29 years

0.81%****

[0.7–0.9%]

0.34%****

[0.2–0.8%]

 30–44 years

1.27%****

[1.1–1.5%]

2.45%****

[0.6–9.5%]

 45–64 years

4.59%****

[4.3–4.9%]

1.75%****

[0.1–2.8%]

 65 years or more

19.01%****

[18.4–19.7%]

21.14%****

[15.1–28.8%]

Ethnicity

 Yes

4.68%

[4.3–5.1%]

4.79%

[3.1–7.4%]

 No

5.29%**

[5.1–5.5%]

2.32%**

[1.3–4.2%]

Marital Status

 Single

3.50%

[3.3–3.7%]

3.16%

[1.2–8.2%]

 Married/cohabitant

4.65%****

[4.4–4.9%]

1.12%****

[0.7–1.7%]

 Separated/divorced/annulled

6.34%****

[5.8–7.0%]

1.17%****

[0.5–2.9%]

 Widow

23.99%

[22.9–25.1%]

29.22%

[19.9–40.7%]

Area

 Urban

5.15%**

[5.0–5.3%]

2.40%**

[1.3–4.3%]

 Rural

5.75%**

[5.4–6.1%]

2.21%**

[1.2–4.0%]

Educational level

 None

24.50*

[23.0–26.1%]

9.33%*

[3.0–25.3%]

 University

1.73%*

[1.5–2.0%]

0.95%*

[0.6–1.6%]

 Technical

1.66%**

[1.4–2.0%]

0.49%**

[0.2–1.2%]

 High School

3.78%

[3.6–4.0%]

2.85%

[0.9–8.3%]

 Primary

8.19%**

[7.9–8.5%]

4.15%**

[2.6–6.6%]

Income quintile

 I

7.38%****

[7.0–7.8%]

2.86%****

[1.8–4.6%]

 II

5.76%****

[5.5–6.1%]

1.71%****

[1.1–2.6%]

 III

5.15%

[4.8–5.5%]

5.17%

[1.4–17.7%]

 IV

4.16%*

[3.9–4.5%]

1.75%*

[0.9–3.6%]

 V

2.99%***

[2.7–3.3%]

1.38%***

[0.9–2.2%]

Occupation

 Does not study

33.81%****

[21.8–48.3%]

1.77%****

[0.2–14.0%]

 Unemployed

12.33%

[11.9–12.7%]

7.69%

[3.4–16.5%]

 Studying

0.62%

[0.5–0.8%]

0.95%

[0.4–2.5%]

 Employed

1.61%****

[1.5–1.8%]

0.61%****

[0.4–1.1%]

 Studying and work

0.29%

[0.1–0.6%]

0.93%

[0.2–5.6%]

Access to healthcare

 None

2.51%

[1.9–3.2%]

1.58%

[0.7–3.7%]

 Public health system affiliation

5.92%*

[5.7–6.1%]

2.75%*

[1.3–5.8%]

 Private health system affiliation

1.93%

[1.7–2.2%]

1.47%

[0.8–2.7%]

 Others

5.84%

[4.9–6.9%]

2.71%

[1.0–7.0%]

Social support

 Yes

6.48%****

[6.2–6.8%]

1.62%****

[1.0–2.5%]

 No

8.18%

[6.6–10.1%]

29.01%

[5.8–73.0%]

Social capital

 Yes

5.42%****

[5.2–5.7%]

2.06%****

[1.3–3.2%]

 No

5.19%*

[5.0–5.4%]

2.30%*

[1.1–4.8%]

  1. *p value < 0.05; **p value < 0.01; ***p value < 0.001; ****p value < 0.0001 when comparing the same category between the Chilean-born and the immigrant populations (Chi-square test). CI confidence interval