Table 1.
Selected sociodemographic and health characteristics across geographical regions, n = 57,446a
| Geographical Location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Lima | Rest of Coast | Andes | Jungle | Total | |
| n = 32,927 | n = 11,778 | n = 10,762 | n = 1979 | n = 57,446 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Female | 22,710 (55.3%) | 7633 (51.7%) | 6573 (48.7%) | 1144 (46.4%) | 38,060 (51.5%) |
| Age group | |||||
| 18–24 years | 10,261 (9.7%) | 4418 (17.4%) | 4193 (23.7%) | 691 (22.9%) | 19,563 (17.3%) |
| 25–34 years | 12,254 (16.8%) | 4393 (24.8%) | 4051 (26.4%) | 821 (30.5%) | 21,519 (23.0%) |
| 35–55 years | 6282 (19.5%) | 1927 (20.5%) | 1683 (20.3%) | 310 (21.4%) | 10,202 (20.2%) |
| 45–54 years | 2664 (17.1%) | 674 (15.1%) | 571 (15.5%) | 107 (14.6%) | 4016 (15.9%) |
| 55 years+ | 1466 (36.8%) | 366 (22.1%) | 264 (14.0%) | 50 (10.6%) | 2146 (23.6%) |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 1250 (30.3%) | 547 (31.1%) | 362 (18.7%) | 88 (18.6%) | 2247 (25.7%) |
| Completed high school | 16,254 (49.3%) | 5752 (46.8%) | 5292 (55.0%) | 873 (52.6%) | 28,171 (50.8%) |
| Undergraduate or higher | 15,423 (20.4%) | 5479 (22.2%) | 5108 (26.4%) | 1018 (28.8%) | 27,028 (23.5%) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 19,476 (34.6%) | 6817 (37.6%) | 6656 (46.1%) | 1109 (44.1%) | 34,058 (39.9%) |
| Married | 5604 (30.2%) | 1879 (27.1%) | 1516 (22.2%) | 285 (21.0%) | 9284 (26.1%) |
| Living together | 6512 (22.6%) | 2728 (27.6%) | 2261 (24.8%) | 544 (30.8%) | 12,045 (25.2%) |
| Other | 1335 (12.6%) | 354 (7.6%) | 329 (6.9%) | 41 (4.1%) | 2059 (8.8%) |
| Household size ≥ 4 | 19,884 (57.2%) | 7312 (60.1%) | 6177 (54.6%) | 1109 (55.6%) | 34,482 (56.9%) |
| Employment (2118 missing) | |||||
| Formal employment | 11,868 (28.4%) | 3326 (25.6%) | 2735 (25.2%) | 672 (32.1%) | 18,601 (32.1%) |
| Informal employment | 3477 (14.9%) | 1466 (17.1%) | 1468 (16.7%) | 274 (15.1%) | 6685 (15.1%) |
| Unemployed before lockdown | 7150 (20.6%) | 2608 (17.1%) | 2451 (18.4%) | 350 (16.5%) | 12,559 (16.5%) |
| Recently unemployed | 10,432 (36.1%) | 4378 (40.2%) | 4108 (39.7%) | 683 (36.4%) | 19,601 (36.4%) |
| Received any help from Government | 7082 (24.9%) | 3208 (29.2%) | 2304 (22.4%) | 583 (29.5%) | 13,177 (25.5%) |
| Household income (195 missing) | |||||
| Up to 930 PEN | 8651 (30.1%) | 4049 (38.2%) | 3497 (34.3%) | 633 (33.8%) | 16,830 (33.8%) |
| 931–1860 PEN | 6770 (19.9%) | 2451 (17.7%) | 2096 (17.8%) | 373 (17.2%) | 11,690 (18.4%) |
| 1861–2790 PEN | 3219 (8.3%) | 1047 (6.4%) | 1067 (9.1%) | 228 (9.9%) | 5561 (8.2%) |
| 2791–4650 PEN | 3061 (6.9%) | 751 (5.5%) | 764 (6.2%) | 151 (6.9%) | 4727 (6.3%) |
| More than 4651 PEN | 3846 (7.9%) | 538 (3.9%) | 510 (4.1%) | 96 (3.9%) | 4990 (5.4%) |
| Prefer not to respond | 7261 (26.9%) | 2907 (28.4%) | 2796 (28.5%) | 489 (28.3%) | 13,453 (27.9%) |
| COVID-19 infection (136 missing) | 298 (1.4%) | 82 (0.9%) | 36 (0.4%) | 42 (2.5%) | 458 (1.0%) |
| Comorbidities (3158 missing) | 8423 (41.4%) | 3038 (36.0%) | 2394 (31.8%) | 509 (34.3%) | 14,364 (36.4%) |
| Previous Mental Health Condition | |||||
| No | 26,084 (82.1%) | 10,115 (85.0%) | 8813 (82.7%) | 1716 (86.5%) | 46,728 (83.3%) |
| Yes | 6120 (16.3%) | 1423 (13.3%) | 1644 (14.6%) | 233 (12.5%) | 9420 (14.7%) |
| Not responded | 723 (1.6%) | 240 (1.7%) | 305 (2.8%) | 30 (1.0%) | 1298 (2.0%) |
| PHQ-2 score ≥ 2 (196 missing) | 22,570 (60.7%) | 7618 (59.1%) | 7513 (64.5%) | 1242 (59.7%) | 38,943 (61.5%) |
| Depressive Symptoms (196 missing) | 13,736 (33.8%) | 4437 (32.9%) | 4659 (38.0%) | 694 (32.7%) | 23,526 (34.9%) |
Table presents n (%) where n is unweighted counts and % correspond to weighted proportions
aUnweighted observations