Table 1.
Social and demographic characteristics of households and inhabitants in the Cuatro Santos area, Nicaragua, in 2004 and 2014.
| Characteristic |
Level |
2004 |
2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households | n = 4,484 | n = 5,959 | |
| Walls | Cement | 881/4,484 (19.6%) | 1,714/5,959 (28.7%) |
| Rammed earth | 3,603/4,484 (80.4%) | 4,245/5,959 (71.2%) | |
| Floor | Cement | 1,133/4,484 (25.3%) | 2,622/5,959 (44.0%) |
| Dirt floor | 3,351/4,484 (74.7%) | 3,337/5,959 (55.9%) | |
| Water source | Pipe | 1,070/4,484 (23.8%) | 2,158/5,959 (36.2%) |
| Owned well | 2,290/4,484 (51.1%) | 3,016/5,959 (50.6%) | |
| River | 1,124/4,484 (25.1%) | 785/5,959 (13.1%) | |
| Sanitation | Latrine | 3,291/4,484 (73.4%) | 4,710/5,959 (79.0%) |
| No latrine | 1,193/4,484 (26.6%) | 1,249/5,959 (20.9%) | |
| Poverty | Non-poor | 929/4,484 (20.7%) | 3,350/5,959 (56.2%) |
| Poor | 2,685/4,484 (59.8%) | 2,575/5,959 (43.2%) | |
| |
Extremely poor |
837/4,484 (18.6%) |
34/5,959 (0.6%) |
|
Population |
|
n = 23,265 |
n = 25,946 |
| Age (years) | < 5 | 2,822/23,265 (12.1%) | 2,622/25,946 (10.1%) |
| 5–14 | 7,090/23,265 (30.5%) | 5,630/25,946 (21.6%) | |
| 15–64 | 12,180/23,265 (52.4%) | 16,043/25,946 (61.8%) | |
| ≥ 65 | 1,173/23,265 (5.0%) | 1,651/25,946 (6.3%) | |
| Education (age 15 years or more) | Illiterate | 2,461/13,353 (18.4%) | 1,959/17,694 (11.1%) |
| Lower primary | 5,444/13,353 (40.8%) | 6,007/17,694 (33.9%) | |
| Primary completed | 1,995/13,353 (14.9%) | 2,763/17,694 (15.6%) | |
| Lower secondary | 1,963/13,353 (14.7%) | 3,106/17,694 (17.6%) | |
| Secondary completed | 840/13,353 (6.3%) | 2,709/17,694 (15.3%) | |
| Lower university | 151/13,353 (1.1%) | 601/17,694 (3.4%) | |
| University completed | 344/13,353 (2.6%) | 459/17,694 (2.6%) | |
| Other | 155/13,353 (1.2%) | 90/17,694 (0.5%) |
Note: Data are n or n/n (%).