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. 2020 Mar 9;23(Suppl 1):s77–s88. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019004725

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by tertiles of wealth in Mexico – Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT 2012)

Wealth
All Low tertile Medium tertile High tertile
% 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI
Children <5 years (n 10 658)
  Age (years)
    n 2·6 2·5 2·6 2·6
    95 % CI 2·5, 2·6 2·5, 2·6 2·5, 2·7 2·5, 2·7
Male sex 50·2 48·6, 51·9 51·8 49·6, 54·1 49·7 47·2, 52·2 49·2 45·7, 52·7
Women 11–19 years (n 8044)
  Age (years)
    n 15·4 15·2 15·4 15·5
    95 % CI 15·3, 15·5 15·1, 15·4 15·2, 15·6 15·4, 15·7
Women 20–49 years (n 14 542)
  Age (years)
    n 33·7 32·9 33·6 34·3
    95 % CI 33·5, 33·9 32·6, 33·2 33·2, 33·9 33·9, 34·7
  Education level
    Low (0–6 years) 30·1 28·8, 31·4 53·0 50·6, 55·3 32·7 30·6, 34·8 14·2 12·7, 15·8
    Medium (7–12 years) 51·9 50·5, 53·3 43·6 41·4, 45·8 56·6 54·4, 58·8 53·2 50·9, 55·5
    High (>12 years) 18·0 16·8, 19·2 3·5 2·8, 4·3 10·7 9·4, 12·2 32·6 30·4, 34·9
Households (n 23 338)
  Ethnicity
    Indigenous 7·5 6·6, 8·5 18·3 15·9, 21·1 6·3 5·2, 7·5 2·0 1·5, 2·6
    Non-indigenous 92·5 91·5, 93·4 81·7 78·9, 84·1 93·7 92·5, 94·8 98·0 97·4, 98·5
  Household characteristics and goods
    Bare-earth floor 3·0 2·6, 3·5 11·5 10·1, 13·0 0·4 0·2, 0·7 0·0 0·0, 0·0
    Use of firewood or carbon for cooking 13·3 12·4, 14·3 40·9 38·3, 43·5 8·4 7·3, 9·6 0·6 0·4, 1·0
    Public sanitary sewer system 77·4 75·8, 78·9 46·8 43·5, 50·1 79·6 77·5, 81·6 94·0 93·0, 95·0
    Public water network connected to household 67·8 66·1, 69·4 22·5 20·3, 24·9 67·7 65·4, 70·0 95·1 94·0, 96·0
    Electricity 99·2 99·0, 99·4 97·5 96·7, 98·2 99·6 99·2, 99·8 99·8 99·4, 100
    Motor vehicle (car, van, truck or motorcycle) 42·3 40·7, 43·8 14·4 13·0, 16·0 31·9 29·9, 33·9 67·4 65·0, 69·6
    Television 95·8 95·3, 96·2 87·1 85·5, 88·6 97·9 97·3, 98·4 99·2 98·8, 99·5
    Computer (laptop or desktop) 31·3 29·8, 32·8 3·2 2·4, 4·1 15·5 13·9, 17·3 60·9 58·6, 63·2
    Telephone 40·5 39·0, 42·1 6·6 5·5, 7·8 26·4 24·4, 28·5 72·3 70·3, 74·3
    Cellphone 74·6 73·3, 75·9 52·4 50·0, 54·9 72·8 70·5, 74·9 89·5 87·8, 90·9
    Refrigerator 87·0 86·0, 88·0 60·4 57·9, 62·9 91·6 90·3, 92·7 99·5 99·1, 99·7