Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants.

Age (years, mean ±SD)	67.5 ±13.1
Education (%)		Housing (%)
Illiterate	18	Rented	23
Incomplete primary	22	Owned	57
Primary	29	Belongs to child	9
Incomplete secondary	9	Other	11
Secondary	11	Live alone? (%)
Incomplete University	1	Yes	20
University	10	No	80
Race (%) **Self-Identified**		Work (%)
Indigenous	16	Never worked	3
Black/Afro Ecuadorian	3	Retired	29
Mestizo	71	Unemployed	22
Mulato	4	Working	46
White	0
Montubio	5
Other	3
No Response	3