Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of contextual and resource variables for samples Bolivia DHS 2008, Colombia DHS 2010 and Peru DHS 2012
| Bolivia 2008 (N = 3586) | Colombia 2010 (N = 9955) | Peru (N = 6260) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | Mean | SD | N (%)a | Mean | SD | N (%)a | Mean | SD | ||
| Contextual variables | ||||||||||
| Residence | Urban | 2080 (58.0) | 6359 (63.9) | 3600 (57.5) | ||||||
| Rural | 1506 (42.0) | 3596 (36.1) | 2660 (42.5) | |||||||
| Geographic regionb | Altiplano/Bogotá/Andes | 1308 (36.5) | 451 (4.5) | 2518 (40.2) | ||||||
| Valle/Pacífica/Coast | 1109 (30.9) | 1285 (12.9) | 2028 (32.4) | |||||||
| Llano/Oriental/Amazonas | 1169 (32.6) | 1563 (15.7) | 1714 (27.4) | |||||||
| Caribbean | 2136 (21.5) | |||||||||
| Amazonas-Orinoquía | 2135 (21.4) | |||||||||
| Central | 2385 (24.0) | |||||||||
| Number of household residents | 3586 | 5.04 | 2.118 | 9955 | 5.56 | 2.385 | 6260 | 4.99 | 1.774 | |
| Number of children 0–59 months residing in household | 3586 | 1.74 | .783 | 9955 | 1.62 | .802 | 6260 | 1.33 | .597 | |
| Resource variables | ||||||||||
| Household wealth | Fifth (Richest) | 717 (20.0) | 1942 (19.5) | 880 (18.0) | ||||||
| Fourth | 717 (20.0) | 2013 (20.2) | 933 (19.1) | |||||||
| Third | 717 (20.0) | 2006 (20.2) | 1031 (21.1) | |||||||
| Second | 717 (20.0) | 1999 (20.1) | 1021 (20.9) | |||||||
| First | 718 (20.0) | 1995 (20.0) | 1023 (20.9) | |||||||
| Maternal education | Secondary/higher | 1324 (36.9) | 3954 (39.7) | 2835 (45.3) | ||||||
| Incomplete secondary | 560 (15.6) | 2586 (26.0) | 1194 (19.1) | |||||||
| Complete primary | 260 (7.2) | 1508 (15.1) | 913 (14.6) | |||||||
| Incomplete primary | 1366 (38.1) | 1593 (16.0) | 1111 (17.7) | |||||||
| No education | 76 (2.1) | 314 (3.2) | 207 (3.3) | |||||||
| Sanitation | Improved | 988 (59.5) | 7165 (72.0) | 3201 (52.2) | ||||||
| Unimproved | 672 (40.5) | 2790 (28.0) | 2933 (47.8) | |||||||
| Missing | 1926 | 126 | ||||||||
N.A. indicates information not available
aValid percent, missing ignored
bCountry specific regions are presented and distinguished by /
N.A. indicates information not available