Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of university students
University students’ characteristics | n = 7659 |
|---|---|
Age (years), mean (SD) | 22.2 (5.3) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Man | 3756 (49.0) |
Woman | 3903 (51.0) |
Marital status | |
Partnered (living together, cohabiting or married) | 782 (10.2) |
Not in a relationship (single, separated, divorced, or widower) | 6877 (89.8) |
Enrollment college type | |
Private | 2156 (28.1) |
Public | 5503 (71.9) |
Academic year | |
3rd to 5th year | 3211 (41.9) |
2nd year | 1869 (24.4) |
1st year | 2579 (33.7) |
Scholarship student | |
No | 6430 (84.0) |
Yes | 1229 (16.0) |
Employment status in the month before the survey | |
No employed | 4478 (58.5) |
Employed | 3171 (41.5) |
Indigenous language | |
No | 7530 (98.3) |
Yes | 129 (1.7) |
Indigenous self-identification | |
No | 5920 (77.3) |
Yes | 1739 (22.7) |
University students’ household characteristics | |
Age of the household head (years), mean (SD) | 48.7 (12.2) |
Sex of the household head, n (%) | |
Man | 5359 (70.0) |
Woman | 2300 (30.0) |
Education of the household head | |
Bachelor´s degree or more | 1487 (19.4) |
Elementary to high school | 5492 (71.7) |
Incomplete elementary school or less | 680 (8.9) |
Household type | |
Nuclear | 5124 (66.9) |
Extended | 2211 (28.9) |
Other a | 324 (4.2) |
Children under 18-years-old | |
Yes | 1967 (25.7) |
No | 5692 (74.3) |
Type of locality | |
Metropolitan (≥ 100,000 inhabitants) | 4053 (52.9) |
Urban (≥ 2,500 inhabitants) | 1999 (26.1) |
Rural (< 2,500 inhabitants) | 1607 (21.0) |
Socioeconomic status | |
High | 1032 (13.5) |
Upper-middle | 2048 (26.7) |
Lower-middle | 3859 (50.4) |
Low | 720 (9.4) |
Household food security status b | |
Food security | 5301 (69.2) |
Mild food insecurity | 1240 (16.2) |
Moderate food insecurity | 680 (8.9) |
Severe food insecurity | 438 (5.7) |