Table 2:

Variables in Latin American Elderly in Seven Cities (percent)

Characteristic	Pooled	BA	BT	SP	SG	HV	MX	MV
Gender
Females	61.6	63.3	59.7	58.9	65.7	62.8	59.3	63.4
Males	38.4	36.7	40.3	41.1	34.3	37.2	40.7	36.6
Age
60–69	45.2	47.3	41.7	37.6	47.5	46.5	55.6	47.1
70–79	36.0	39.5	38.4	37.7	34.5	31.8	31.0	39.5
80–84	10.5	8.1	11.0	14.3	9.8	10.9	7.9	8.6
85 +	8.2	5.2	8.9	10.4	8.1	10.9	5.6	4.9
Marital status
Married	46.2	43.0	44.9	52.3	43.6	37.4	53.9	48.7
Widowed	33.9	41.8	23.6	35.5	35.8	35.0	32.0	36.7
No unión	19.9	15.2	31.5	12.2	20.6	27.6	14.1	14.6
Education
No schooling	10.2	3.5	0.8	24.5	11.3	4.7	19.1	4.3
Elementary	62.7	68.2	75.8	63.1	60.0	52.1	58.5	61.4
Secondary +	26.7	28.4	22.9	11.5	28.6	43.2	20.9	33.9
Head of household	69.5	69.0	81.2	62.5	64.6	72.7	61.4	73.0
Currently employed	20.9	24.2	16.2	20.4	24.1	18.5	30.6	17.0
Home Owner	74.3	88.2	60.2	81.2	86.7	59.6	84.8	71.2
With health coverage	79.0	82.7	15.0	97.4	88.5	100	73.0	97.9
Self-rated health
Good/very good/excellent	46.9	65.1	50.2	44.7	35.4	43.1	30.3	63.2
Fair/bad	53.1	34.9	49.8	55.3	64.6	56.9	69.7	36.8
Disability	19.9	18.6	13.8	23.7	25.6	20.5	19.4	17.0
At least one ADL
At least one IADL	23.8	19.1	20.2	35.2	27.0	23.0	23.5	13.2
At least 1 chronic condition	77.5	81.6	76.6	76.8	80.7	81.0	68.6	76.8
Sample size	1043	1812	2143	1306	1905	1247	1450	1096
Response rates	---	62.5	80.3	84.6	84.0	95.3	85.0	65.3

^*BA: Buenos Aires, BT: Bridgetown, SP; Sao Paulo, SG: Santiago, HV: Havana; MX: Mexico City, MV: Montevideo