Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the sample assessed by sex, age-group, socioeconomic level and education level.
| Country | N | Sex (%) |
Age group (%) |
Socioeconomic level (%) |
Educational level (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 15–19 y | 20–34 y | 35–49 y | 50–65 y | Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | ||
| Argentina | 1266 | 48.6 | 51.4 | 13.2 | 33.3 | 30.1 | 23.4 | 45.7 | 46.8 | 7.4 | 65.7 | 25.9 | 8.4 |
| Brazil | 2000 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 12.0 | 37.0 | 30.6 | 20.5 | 45.3 | 46.0 | 8.8 | 48.1 | 43.4 | 8.5 |
| Chile | 879 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 10.4 | 34.9 | 29.8 | 24.9 | 45.4 | 38.5 | 16.1 | 61.1 | 22.0 | 17.0 |
| Colombia | 1230 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 11.3 | 36.7 | 29.1 | 22.9 | 52.8 | 42.0 | 5.1 | 63.2 | 23.8 | 13.0 |
| Costa Rica | 798 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 13.9 | 40.0 | 27.7 | 18.4 | 29.6 | 53.0 | 17.4 | 71.2 | 17.0 | 11.8 |
| Ecuador | 800 | 49.6 | 50.4 | 16.0 | 39.5 | 27.8 | 16.8 | 49.9 | 37.1 | 13.0 | 83.0 | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| Peru | 1113 | 47.0 | 53.0 | 14.8 | 41.3 | 26.4 | 17.4 | 47.9 | 31.9 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 67.1 | 9.8 |
| Venezuela | 1132 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 13.6 | 37.9 | 29.2 | 19.3 | 77.9 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 69.4 | 12.2 | 18.4 |
| Overall | 9218 | 47.9% | 52.1% | 13.3% | 37.7% | 28.5% | 20.5% | 52.0% | 38.4% | 9.5% | 61.3% | 29.3% | 9.5% |