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. 2020 Aug 1;25:100477. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100477

Table 3.

Study participant characteristics.

Participants with disability
Participants without disability
All participants with disability Disability onset before age 10 years Disability onset >10 years
Men N = 319 N = 155 N = 164 N = 312
Age, median (IQR) 28 (21 – 38) 24 (19 – 31) 34·5 (26 – 41) 28 (21 – 37)
Education level, n (%)
 Never been to school 54 (17) 33 (21) 21 (13) 12 (4)
 < Primary level 51 (16) 34 (22) 17 (10) 15 (5)
 Primary 73 (23) 20 (13) 53 (32) 64 (20)
 Secondary 65 (20) 25 (16) 40 (24) 84 (27)
 Higher education level 11 (3) 5 (3) 6 (4) 37 (12)
 Still a student 65 (20) 38 (25) 27 (17) 100 (3)
Food insecurity
 N (%) reporting 225 (70·5) 100 (64·5) 125 (76·2) 240 (77)
Household wealth index
 Median score (IQR) −0·32 (−0·56 to 0·33) −0·32 (−0·56 to 0·57) −0·54 (−0·56 to −0·15) −0·32 (−0·56 to 0·41)
Lifetime participation in work and education
 % of lifetime working or studying, median (IQR) 62 (23 – 95) 57 (12 – 100) 67 (31 – 91) 92 (70 - 100)
Social participation scale
 Median score (IQR) 23 (10 - 42) 31 (12 – 47) 19 (6 – 37) 0 (0 – 1)
 N (%) with score >12 202 (70) 105 (77) 97 (63) 1 (0·5)
 Missing 30 11 19 6
Social capital
 No of people close to the respondentc who could bring support, median (IQR) 2 (1 – 4) 2 (1 – 4) 2 (1 – 4) 3 (2 – 5)
 N (%) with low cognitive social capital score 108 (34) 59 (38) 49 (30) 45 (14)
Environmental barriers: n (%) reporting important difficulties in
 Transportation 102 (32) 51 (33) 51 (31) 5 (2)
 Missing 2 0 2 0
 Access to information 108 (35) 71 (47) 37 (23) 5(2)
 Missing 6 2 4 0
 Access to health services 139 (44) 72 (47) 67 (41) 11 (4)
 Missing 2 1 1 0
 Related to the attitude of other people 62 (20) 35 (23) 27 (17) 4 (1)
 Missing 5 2 3 0
 Aid for daily tasks 127 (40) 65 (43) 62 (38) 29 (9)
 Missing 4 1 3 0
Participation in organizations for disabled persons 23 (8) 15 (10) 8 (5)
Multidimensional poverty, n (%) 51 (68) 23 (64) 28 (72) 108 (54)
Activity limitation, n (%)a
 Mobility 113 (35) 48 (31) 65 (40)
 Visual 36 (11) 15 (10) 21 (13)
 Hearing 48 (15) 31 (20) 17 (10)
 Intellectual or mentalb 105 (33) 65 (42) 40 (24)
Women N = 304 N = 147 N = 157 N = 297
Age, median (IQR) 32 (23 – 41) 25 (19 – 35) 37 (30 – 44) 30 (23 – 39)
Education level
 Never been to school 61 (20) 32 (22) 29 (19) 26 (9)
 < Primary level 52 (17) 21 (14) 31 (20) 19 (6)
 Primary 76 (25) 37 (25) 39 (25) 58 (20)
 Secondary 68 (22) 23 (16) 45 (29) 108 (36)
 Higher education level 11 (4) 4 (3) 7 (4·5) 23 (8)
 Still student 36 (12) 30 (20) 6 (4) 63 (21)
Food insecurity
 N (%) reporting 213 (70) 95 (65) 118 (75) 216 (73)
Household wealth index
 Median score (IQR) −0.32 (−0.56 to 0.39) −0.2 (−0.56 to 0.09) −0.52 (−0.56 to 0.29) −0.32 (−0.56 to 0.33)
Time spent in activity
 Time spent in activity (work/study) 38 (11–81) 47 (8–100) 32 (12–67) 79 (35–100)
Social participation scale
 Median score (IQR) 26 (13–44) 29 (15–50) 25 (12–37) 0 (0–2)
 N (%) with score >20 214 (78) 107 (81) 107 (75) 5 (2)
 Missing 29 15 14 14
Social capital
 No of people close to the respondentc who could bring support, median (IQR) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–4) 3 (2–5)
 N (%) with low cognitive social capital score 127 (42) 72 (49) 55 (35) 46 (16)
Environmental barriers: n (%) reporting Important difficulties in 17 (11) 9 (5.5)
 Transportation 109 (36) 58 (40) 51 (33) 15 (5)
 Missing 2 1 1 1
 Access to information 94 (32) 55 (39) 39 (25) 7 (2)
 Missing 6 1 5 1
 Access to health services 150 (49) 70 (48) 80 (51) 24 (8)
 Missing 0 0 0 1
 Related to the attitude of other people 81 (27) 43 (30) 38 (25) 5 (2)
 Missing 5 2 3 0
 Aid for daily tasks 136 (45) 71 (49) 65 (42) 36 (12)
 Missing 4 1 3 0
Participation in organizations for disabled persons 26 (8.2) 17(11) 9 (5.5)
Multidimensional poverty, n (%) 46 (75) 22 (82) 24 (71) 76 (46)
Activity limitation, n (%)a
 Mobility 97 (32) 52 (35) 45 (29)
 Visual 54 (18) 20 (14) 34 (22)
 Hearing 49 (16) 33 (22) 16 (10)
 Intellectual or mentalb 82 (27) 49 (33) 33 (21)