Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of the Interviewed Population, Peru 2020.
Demographics | Total n=552 |
Firstborn child, n (%) | |
Yes | 312 (56.5%) |
No | 240 (43.5%) |
Age, n (%) | |
18-29 years | 286 (51.8%) |
≥30 years | 266 (48.2% |
Relationship to the child, n (%) | |
Mother | 394 (71.4%) |
Father | 115 (20.8%) |
Other | 43 (7.8%) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
Single | 16 (2.9%) |
Married | 148 (26.8%) |
Living with partner | 206 (37.3%) |
Widowed | 9 (1.7%) |
Separated | 69 (12.5%) |
Divorced | 104 (18.8%) |
Highest level of education, n (%) | |
≤8th grade | 28 (5.1%) |
High school, non-graduate | 87 (15.8%) |
High school graduate | 244 (44.2%) |
College or a 2-year degree | 102 (18.4%) |
4-year degree | 69 (12.5%) |
More than a 4-year degree | 22 (4.0%) |
Number of children in the household, n (%) | |
1 | 281 (50.9%) |
2 | 171 (31.0%) |
3 | 87 (15.8%) |
≥4 | 13 (2.3%) |
Declared ethnicity, n (%) | |
White | 41 (7.4%) |
Black of African American | 8 (1.4%) |
Latino | 489 (88.6%) |
Asian | 14 (2.6%) |
Pacific Islander | 0 (0%) |
Alaska Native | 0 (0%) |
Other | 0 (0%) |