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. 2025 Aug 25;23(1):e20241309. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1309

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and occupational characteristics of the sample according to EQ-5D-5L index value and EQ-VAS scores

Sociodemographic variable Total (n=191) n (%) EQ-5D-5L EQ-VAS
Mean (SD) p-value Mean (SD) p-value
Sex 0.516 0.05
Female 100 (52.4) 0.870 (0.159) 76.6 (19.7)
Male 91 (47.6) 0.885 (0.146) 82.0 (18.7)
Age (years) 0.164 0.655
Mean (SD) 44.5 (13.6)
18-24 15 (7.8) 0.944 (0.058) 86.5 (14.8)
25-34 38 (19.9) 0.910 (0.085) 81.5 (17.4)
35-44 44 (23.0) 0.880 (0.158) 79.0 (18.1)
45-54 46 (24.0) 0.833 (0.186) 76.8 (23.7)
55-64 34 (17.8) 0.831 (0.135) 76.3 (19.3)
65-74 12 (6.28) 0.830 (0.244) 75.0 (19.1)
> 75 2 (1.04) 0.825 (0.025) 70.0 (0.0)
Birth department 0.166 0.04
Bogotá 77 (40.3) 0.894 (0.140) 83.2 (16.4)
Cundinamarca 32 (16.8) 0.906 (0.122) 74.3 (20.2)
Boyacá 10 (5.2) 0.772 (0.237) 65.0 (24.6)
Caldas 10 (5.2) 0.870 (0.152) 66.6 (27.0)
Valle del Cauca 8 (4.2) 0.875 (0.187) 66.1 (17.9)
Education level 0.04 0.116
No education 28 (14.6) 0.871 (0.168) 64.0 (35.1)
Complete elementary school 68 (35.6) 0.829 (0.195) 77.7 (19.6)
Complete secondary or high school (baccalaureate) 71 (37.1) 0.913 (0.093) 84.0 (15.8)
Complete technician 8 (4.2) 0.942 (0.071) 82.5 (20.5)
Complete technologist 12 (6.2) 0.970 (0.162) 80.0 (18.3)
Higher education 4 (2.1) 0.918 (0.054) 82.5 (12.6)
Residence 0.412 0.729
Urban 187 (97.9) 0.926 (0.149) 79.1 (19.4)
Rural 4 (2.1) 0.876 (0.153) 82.5 (23.6)
Socioeconomic stratum 0.395 0.001
One 53 (27.7) 0.864 (0.174) 71.2 (22.9)
Two 97 (50.8) 0.893 (0.158) 82.9 (17.4)
Three 41 (21.5) 0.905 (0.103) 82.3 (16.2)
Displacement 0.004 0.02
Yes 20 (10.5) 0.786 (0.174) 70.2 (20.4)
No 171 (89.5) 0.888 (0.147) 80.2 (19.1)
Years in the informal sector 0.239 0.343
Mean (SD) 16.5 (11.3)
< 10 103 (53.9) 0.899 (0.113) 88.8 (19.2)
11-20 35 (18.3) 0.860 (0.210) 83.7 (18.7)
21-30 27 (14.1) 0.854 (0.145) 77.8 (18.2)
31-40 18 (9.4) 0.854 (0.154) 72.7 (23.1)
41-50 8 (4.2) 0.800 (0.280) 73.5 (19.0)
Type of good sold 0.425 0.931
Food 67 (35.1) 0.857 (0.187) 79.9 (19.4)
Miscellaneous items 57 (29.8) 0.890 (0.121) 79.0 (19.1)
Clothing 67 (35.1) 0.885 (0.137) 78.6 (19.8)

EQ-5D-5L = European Quality of Life 5-Dimension 5-Level Scale; EQ-VAS = European Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale; SD = standard deviation.