Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the pre-tax (2017) and post-tax samples (2018) in low-income neighbourhoods of Barcelona (intervention) and Madrid (control)
| N | Pre-tax | p-value a | Post-tax | p-value a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Madrid | Barcelona | Madrid | |||
| 536 | 450 | 488 | 455 | |||
| Age, years | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.9 (7.8) | 26.7 (7.9) | 0.015 | 29.8 (7.2) | 30.5 (7.2) | 0.109 |
| Women, % | 52.2 | 47.2 | 0.121 | 41.0 | 58.5 | < 0.001 |
| Nationality, % | 0.535 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Spanish | 77.2 | 78.8 | 81.6 | 52.1 | ||
| Other | 22.8 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 47.9 | ||
| Educational level, % | (n = 278) | (n = 449) | 0.086 | (n = 488) | (n = 454) | < 0.001 |
| Less than primary | 5.4 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 6.6 | ||
| Primary | 38.5 | 37.2 | 19.1 | 45.8 | ||
| Secondary | 38.9 | 36.1 | 45.3 | 37.4 | ||
| University | 17.3 | 15.8 | 32.6 | 10.1 | ||
| Occupational status, % | (n = 531) | (n = 449) | 0.009 | (n = 486) | < 0.001 | |
| Gainfully employed | 39.9 | 50.6 | 68.1 | 59.3 | ||
| Unemployed | 16.4 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 20.2 | ||
| Housework | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 5.9 | ||
| Student | 37.8 | 29.8 | 18.5 | 14.5 | ||
a Student’s t test for age and Pearson’s Chi2 test for the remaining variables