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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by age groups. SALURBAL Study (N = 71,541)

From: Aging and self-reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio-economic inequalities

Variables

Age group 1

N = 62,556

Age group 2

N = 8985

Difference p-value*

Age [range] in years

25–65

66–97

 

Country contribution to sample

  

< 0.001

 % Argentina

24.3

37.2

 

 % Brazil

45.6

47.1

 % Chile

3.1

5.2

 % Colombia

23.2

7.7

 % Guatemala & El Salvador

3.8

2.8

Individual-level sociodemographic characteristics

 % Female

57.7

63.0

< 0.001

 % Poor SRH

28.8

50.0

< 0.001

Educational attainment

   

 % Less than primary

16.9

44.7

 < 0.001

 % Primary Completed

29.7

28.9

 % High-School completed

37.0

16.2

 % University completed or higher level

16.4

10.1

City-level socioeconomic characteristics

 Mean (SD) Socioeconomic Index, Z-score

−0.09 (0.92)

0.02 (0.78)

< 0.001

 Mean (SD) GDP per-capita

14,080.12 (8782.2)

16,405.8 (8987.7)

< 0.001

 Median GDP per-capita

11,225.4

16,263.2

 

 Mean (SD) Population size

3,601,395 (5139389)

4,307,837 (5843049)

< 0.001

 Median Population size

1,407,681

1,646,057

 
  1. GDP Gross Domestic Product, SD Standard deviation, SRH Self-rated health.
  2. * P values from Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables