Table 1.
Distribution of adolescents according to sociodemographic variables by country.
| Variables n (%) | Argentina | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Peru | Venezuela | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 (12.8) | 123 (18.1) | 64 (9.4) | 73 (10.7) | 69 (10.2) | 73 (10.7) | 97 (14.3) | 94 (13.8) | 680 (100.0) | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 57 (65.5) | 76 (61.8) | 35 (54.7) | 43 (58.9) | 42 (60.9) | 41 (56.2) | 51 (52.6) | 45 (47.9) | 390 (57.4) |
| Female | 30 (34.5) | 47 (38.2) | 29 (45.3) | 30 (41.1) | 27 (39.1) | 32 (43.8) | 46 (47.4) | 49 (52.1) | 290 (42.6) |
| Socio-economic status | |||||||||
| Low | 55 (63.2) | 48 (39.0) | 25 (39.1) | 49 (67.1) | 23 (33.3) | 34 (46.6) | 50 (51.5) | 77 (81.9) | 361 (53.1) |
| Middle | 29 (33.3) | 64 (52.0) | 32 (50.0) | 19 (26.0) | 38 (55.1) | 32 (43.8) | 31 (32.0) | 13 (13.8) | 258 (37.9) |
| High | 3 (3.4) | 11 (8.9) | 7 (10.9) | 5 (6.8) | 8 (11.6) | 7 (9.6) | 16 (16.5) | 4 (4.3) | 61 (9.0) |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Basic | 83 (95.4) | 99 (80.5) | 60 (93.8) | 56 (76.7) | 65 (94.2) | 71 (97.3) | 52 (53.6) | 77 (81.9) | 563 (82.8) |
| High school | 3 (3.4) | 24 (19.5) | 3 (4.7) | 15 (20.5) | 4 (5.8) | 2 (2.7) | 44 (45.4) | 3 (3.2) | 98 (14.4) |
| Undergraduate | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 14 (14.9) | 19 (2.8) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Caucasian | 59 (67.8) | 49 (39.8) | 24 (37.5) | 25 (34.2) | 36 (52.2) | 4 (5.5) | 7 (7.2) | 30 (31.9) | 234 (34.4) |
| Mestizo | 16 (18.4) | 22 (17.9) | 31 (48.4) | 38 (52.1) | 19 (27.5) | 65 (89.0) | 85 (87.6) | 55 (58.5) | 331 (48.7) |
| Afro-American | 1 (1.1) | 23 (18.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (2.1) | 32 (4.7) |
| Indigenous | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.3) | 2 (3.1) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.3) |
| Others | 11 (12.6) | 25 (20.3) | 7 (10.9) | 6 (8.2) | 13 (18.8) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (4.1) | 7 (7.4) | 74 (10.9) |
| Body mass index for age | |||||||||
| Underweight | 2 (2.3) | 5 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.1) | 12 (1.8) |
| Normal weight | 80 (92.0) | 111 (90.2) | 59 (92.2) | 68 (93.2) | 62 (89.9) | 69 (94.5) | 89 (91.8) | 88 (93.6) | 626 (92.1) |
| Overweight | 5 (5.7) | 7 (5.7) | 5 (7.8) | 4 (5.5) | 7 (10.1) | 2 (2.7) | 7 (7.2) | 5 (5.3) | 42 (6.2) |
| Height for age | |||||||||
| Low | 5 (5.7) | 6 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (12.3) | 3 (4.3) | 7 (9.6) | 13 (13.4) | 8 (8.5) | 51 (7.5) |
| Risk of low height | 5 (5.7) | 9 (7.3) | 8 (12.5) | 6 (8.2) | 11 (15.9) | 7 (9.6) | 15 (15.5) | 7 (7.4) | 68 (10.0) |
| Normal | 77 (88.5) | 108 (87.8) | 56 (87.5) | 58 (79.5) | 55 (79.7) | 59 (80.8) | 69 (71.1) | 79 (84.0) | 561 (82.5) |