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. 2020 Feb 10;19:24. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-1138-4

Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics

Level of Marginalization
Very low Low Medium High Very high
Type of Municipality

Urban: 85.5%

Semi-urban: 14.5%

Urban: 79.3%

Semi-urban: 15.5%

Rural: 5.2%

Urban: 76.5%

Semi-urban: 2.9%

Rural: 20.6%

Urban: 50.9%

Semi-urban: 12.3%

Rural: 36.8%

Urban: 81.8%

Rural: 18.2%

Population at that level of marginalization (%) 30.8% 23.5% 13.8% 23.1% 8.9%
Education level
Elementary: 11.8% Elementary: 27.6% Elementary: 14.7% Elementary: 28.1% Elementary: 13.6%
Secondary: 18.4% Secondary: 17.2% Secondary: 20.6% Secondary: 21.1% Secondary: 22.7%
High School: 27.6% High School: 19.0% High School: 26.5% High School: 17.5% High School: 36.4%
College: 31.6% College: 29.3% College: 26.5% College: 29.8% College: 22.7%
Graduate: 10.5% Graduate: 6.9% Graduate: 11.8% Graduate: 3.5% Graduate: 4.5%
Age
Mean: 44.86 Mean: 46.75 Mean: 43.21 Mean: 44.02 Mean: 43.45
Range: 20–74 Range: 17–87 Range: 25–64 Range: 23–87 Range:25–72
Gender
Men: 48.7% Men: 53.4% Men: 50% Men: 47.4% Men: 40.9%
Women: 51.3% Women: 46.6% Women: 50% Women: 52.6% Women: 59.1%

Source: Authors’ elaboration