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. 2020 Oct 26;19:168. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01241-0

Table 1.

Summary statistics for independent variables (weighted)

Total sample N = 23,694 Insured n = 23,152 Uninsured n = 518 P value¬
Variable n % n % n %
Predisposing factors
 Age
  60–65 9010 38.03 8695 37.55 306 59.12 < 0.001
  66–70 5268 22.23 5176 22.36 87 16.81
  71–75 3943 16.64 3891 16.81 48 9.29
  76–80 2814 11.88 2772 11.97 39 7.54
  80+ 2659 11.22 2619 11.31 37 7.24
 Male 10,776 45.48 10,457 45.17 308 59.49 < 0.001
 Marital statusa 12,392 52.32 12,180 52.61 205 39.63 < 0.001
 Educationa
  No formal education 3919 16.61 3776 16.37 139 26.99 < 0.001
  Primary school 12,599 53.39 12,353 53.57 232 45.15
  Secondary school 4521 19.15 4395 19.06 121 23.44
  Technical or higher 2562 10.85 2536 11.00 23 4.42
 Ethnicitya 3736 20.95 3625 20.76 107 29.52 0.037
 Displacementa 3631 15.33 3521 15.21 107 20.61 0.270
Socioeconomic factors
 Wealth quintile
  Poorest 4739 20.00 4527 19.55 207 40.03 < 0.001
  2nd poorest 4739 20.00 4616 19.94 118 22.85
  Middle 4738 20.00 4653 20.10 81 15.63
  2nd richest 4739 20.00 4661 20.13 74 14.20
  Richest 4738 20.00 4696 20.28 38 7.29
 Geographic region in Colombia
  Bogota 4032 17.02 3970 17.15 58 11.15 0.028
  East 4248 17.93 4109 17.75 135 26.02
  Orinoquia and Amazon 328 1.38 310 1.34 17 3.37
  Atlantic 4527 19.11 4392 18.97 130 25.19
  Central 6400 27.01 6313 27.27 80 15.51
  Pacific 4160 17.56 4059 17.53 97 18.75
 Urban 18,524 78.18 18,141 78.35 365 70.40 < 0.001
 Type of health insurancea NA
  Uninsured 518 2.19 NA NA
  Subsidized 11,104 46.91 NA NA
  Contributory 11,574 48.90 NA NA
  Special 474 2.00 NA NA
 Receives a pensiona 6754 28.52 6741 29.12 10 1.90 < 0.001
Need factors
 Multimorbiditya
  No diseases 5659 24.27 5440 23.88 211 42.07 < 0.001
  1 disease 7017 30.10 6885 30.22 124 24.70
  Multimorbid (2 diseases or more) 10,637 45.63 10,457 45.90 167 33.23
 Self-rated healtha 9741 51.27 9527 51.24 209 52.56 0.020
 Barthel Index (dependency)
  Independent 18,666 78.78 18,223 78.71 423 81.74 0.005
  Mild dependency 2249 9.49 2213 9.56 34 6.60
  Moderate to severe dependency 2616 11.04 2554 11.03 59 11.40
  Total dependency 163 0.69 162 0.70 1 0.25
 Walking impairmenta
  No impairment 15,835 66.90 15,422 66.68 398 76.89 < 0.001
  Mild difficulty 3503 14.80 3435 14.85 65 12.59
  Somewhat/Very difficult 4332 18.30 4274 18.48 54 10.52
 Walking helpa 19,896 84.48 19,411 84.35 465 90.38 0.001
 Amputation 486 2.05 476 2.06 9 1.75 0.719

¬ P value for Pearson chi square test comparing insured individuals and uninsured individuals

aNumber of observations were not equal to the 100% of the total sample nor for subsamples by insurance categories. Observations N (%) were equal to: marital status: 23684 (99.9), education (99.5), ethnicity:17893 (77.7), displacement:23689 (99.9), Type of health insurance:23670 (99.9), receives a pension: 23680 (99.9), multimorbidity: 23312 (98.6), self-rated health: 18999(80.2), walking impairment: 23672(99.9), walking help: 23560 (99.4)

NA Not applicable