Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the heads of the households.

	Non-Slum		Slum		All		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age							0.555
Younger than 30 years	39	7.0	80	6.3	119	6.5
30–39	107	19.2	275	21.7	382	20.9
40–49	161	28.9	377	29.7	538	29.5
50 years or older	250	44.9	537	42.3	787	43.1
Total	557	100.0	1269	100.0	1826	100.0
Sex							0.001
Male	387	68.5	982	75.8	1369	73.6
Female	178	31.5	314	24.2	492	26.4
Total	565	100.0	1296	100.0	1861	100.0
Marital status							0.037
Married	457	69.9	1007	73.7	1464	72.5
Divorced/separated	58	8.9	121	8.9	179	8.9
Widowed	80	12.2	161	11.8	241	11.9
Single	59	9.0	77	5.6	136	6.7
Total	654	100.0	1366	100.0	2020	100.0
Schooling							<0.001
Nothing/primary	78	11.9	393	28.8	471	23.3
Secondary	224	34.3	574	42.0	798	39.5
University	338	51.7	353	25.8	691	34.2
No answer	14	2.1	46	3.4	60	3.0
Total	654	100.0	1366	100.0	2020	100.0
Religion							<0.001
Catholic	178	27.2	252	18.4	430	21.3
Protestant	112	17.1	168	12.3	280	13.9
Evangelic	261	39.9	632	46.3	893	44.2
Other	103	15.7	314	23.0	417	20.6
Total	654	100.0	1366	100.0	2020	100.0
Size of household							<0.001
Six persons or fewer	548	83.8	966	70.7	1514	75.0
Seven persons or more	106	16.2	400	29.3	506	25.0
Total	654	100.0	1366	100.0	2020	100.0
Sufficient living space (Not overcrowded) *							<0.001
Sufficient living space	515	78.8	916	67.1	1431	70.8
Overcrowding	139	21.2	450	32.9	589	29.2
Quintile of SES							<0.001
Lowest	44	6.7	360	26.4	404	20.0
Lower	74	11.3	330	24.2	404	20.0
Middle	124	19.0	281	20.6	405	20.0
Higher	159	24.3	244	17.9	403	20.0
Highest	253	38.7	151	11.1	404	20.0
Total	654	100.0	1366	100.0	2020	100.0

Note: * Three or fewer persons per living room: sufficient living space; more than three persons per living room: overcrowding. SES: socioeconomic status.