Table 1.
Sample characteristics by tertile of wealth index among children under 5 years and women of reproductive age in Peru (data are from the Peruvian National Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) 2015)
| Wealth index | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Low tertile | Medium tertile | High tertile | |||||
| Mean or % | 95 % CI | Mean or % | 95 % CI | Mean or % | 95 % CI | Mean or % | 95 % CI | |
| Children aged <5 years (n 22 833) | ||||||||
| Mean age (years) | 2·50 | 2·48, 2·52 | 2·50 | 2·47, 2·54 | 2·48 | 2·44, 2·52 | 2·50 | 2·46, 2·55 |
| Male sex (%) | 51·3 | 50·4, 52·1 | 51·4 | 49·9, 53·0 | 51·6 | 50·1, 53·0 | 50·9 | 49·3, 52·4 |
| Women of reproductive age (n 33 503) | ||||||||
| Adolescent women aged 15–19 years (n 5008) | ||||||||
| Mean age (years) | 16·9 | 16·8, 16·9 | 16·7 | 16·6, 16·8 | 16·9 | 16·7, 17·0 | 17·0 | 16·9, 17·1 |
| Adult women aged 20–49 years (n 28 495) | ||||||||
| Mean age (years) | 34·1 | 33·9, 34·2 | 34·2 | 33·9, 34·4 | 33·5 | 33·2, 33·8 | 34·4 | 34·1, 34·7 |
| Education level (%) | ||||||||
| Low (0–6 years) | 21·0 | 20·1, 22·0 | 53·4 | 51·7, 55·2 | 19·7 | 18·4, 21·0 | 5·2 | 4·5, 6·1 |
| Medium (7–12 years) | 62·6 | 61·4, 63·8 | 45·8 | 44·2, 47·6 | 72·8 | 71·4, 74·3 | 64·5 | 62·6, 66·3 |
| High (>12 years) | 16·3 | 15·4, 17·4 | 1·5 | 1·2, 1·8 | 7·5 | 6·7, 8·4 | 64·5 | 62·6, 66·3 |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 5·4 | 4·9, 6·0 | 20·8 | 18·6, 23·1 | 1·3 | 1·1, 1·7 | 0·3 | 0·1, 0·5 |
| Non-indigenous | 94·6 | 93·9, 95·1 | 79·2 | 76·9, 81·4 | 98·6 | 98·3, 98·9 | 99·7 | 99·5, 99·8 |
| Households (n 33 503) | ||||||||
| Household characteristics and goods (%) | ||||||||
| Bare-earth floor | 23·8 | 22·5, 25·0 | 74·8 | 72·7, 76·8 | 17·6 | 16·1, 19·2 | 0·6 | 0·4, 1·1 |
| Use of firewood or carbon for cooking | 18·0 | 16·9, 19·1 | 65·7 | 63·3, 68·0 | 7·9 | 6·8, 9·2 | 0·2 | 0·1, 0·3 |
| Public sanitary sewer system | 67·9 | 66·3, 69·5 | 13·9 | 12·3, 15·7 | 65·6 | 64·1, 69·0 | 96·7 | 95·7, 97·5 |
| Source of water: piped into dwelling | 77·2 | 75·8, 78·5 | 58·8 | 56·0, 61·5 | 73·0 | 70·6, 75·3 | 89·5 | 88·0, 90·8 |
| Electricity | 94·7 | 94·1, 95·3 | 80·6 | 78·2, 82·7 | 99·0 | 98·4, 99·3 | 99·2 | 98·6, 99·5 |
| Motorcycle/scooter | 17·8 | 16·8, 18·9 | 16·7 | 15·2, 18·2 | 22·4 | 20·1, 24·1 | 15·2 | 13·6, 17·1 |
| Car/truck | 13·5 | 12·4, 14·7 | 2·0 | 1·6, 2·5 | 6·7 | 5·8, 7·8 | 24·2 | 22·1, 26·3 |
| Television | 89·5 | 88·7, 90·3 | 61·9 | 59·7, 64·1 | 95·8 | 95·0, 96·5 | 99·4 | 98·9, 99·7 |
| Computer (laptop or desktop) | 38·7 | 37·2, 40·2 | 1·1 | 0·8, 1·5 | 19·4 | 17·7, 21·1 | 71·2 | 69·2, 73·2 |
| Telephone | 27·4 | 25·9, 29·0 | 1·6 | 1·0, 2·4 | 10·0 | 8·7, 11·5 | 52·6 | 50·3, 55·0 |
| Cell phone | 94·6 | 94·0, 95·2 | 84·2 | 82·6, 85·7 | 96·3 | 95·4, 97·1 | 98·7 | 98·1, 99·2 |
| Refrigerator | 57·9 | 56·3, 59·5 | 10·2 | 9·0, 11·6 | 48·5 | 46·2, 50·7 | 88·9 | 87·6, 90·1 |
ENDES, Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar.