Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents in years 2014, 2018 and 2019
| 2014 (n = 1309) |
2018 (n = 1309) |
2019 (n = 1106) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 42.5 | (16.5) | 46.5 | (16.5) | 48.4 | (16.2) |
| Age group, n (%) | ||||||
| ≤ 30 | 370 | (28.3) | 289 | (22.1) | 193 | (17.5) |
| 31–55 | 630 | (48.1) | 613 | (46.8) | 532 | (48.1) |
| > 55 | 309 | (23.6) | 407 | (31.1) | 381 | (34.4) |
| Male, n (%) | 600 | (45.8) | 600 | (45.8) | 509 | (46.0) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| White | 562 | (42.9) | 562 | (42.9) | 473 | (42.8) |
| Black/Mestizo | 217 | (16.6) | 217 | (16.6) | 192 | (17.4) |
| Others | 530 | (40.5) | 530 | (40.5) | 441 | (39.9) |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||
| Married/co-habiting | 848 | (64.8) | 817 | (62.4) | 735 | (66.5) |
| Single | 169 | (12.9) | 99 | (7.6) | 83 | (7.5) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 292 | (22.3) | 393 | (30.0) | 288 | (26.0) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Primary/lower | 643 | (49.1) | 614 | (46.9) | 670 | (60.6) |
| Secondary | 454 | (34.7) | 439 | (33.5) | 259 | (23.4) |
| Technical or higher | 212 | (16.2) | 256 | (19.6) | 177 | (16.0) |
| Occupation, n (%) | ||||||
| Employed | 586 | (44.8) | 470 | (35.9) | 417 | (37.7) |
| Self-employed | 291 | (22.2) | 314 | (24.0) | 258 | (23.3) |
| Unemployed/others | 432 | (33.0) | 525 | (40.1) | 431 | (39.0) |
| Urban, n (%) | ||||||
| Rural | 348 | (26.6) | 348 | (26.6) | 299 | (22.8) |
| Urban/town | 961 | (73.4) | 961 | (73.4) | 1010 | (77.2) |
| Assets tertile, n (%) | ||||||
| Poor | 492 | (37.6) | 437 | (33.4) | 369 | (33.4) |
| Middle | 382 | (29.2) | 438 | (33.5) | 369 | (33.4) |
| Rich | 435 | (33.2) | 434 | (33.2) | 368 | (33.3) |
| Health insurance, n (%) | ||||||
| EPS (contributory) | 410 | (31.3) | 350 | (26.7) | 323 | (29.2) |
| EPS (subsidised) | 771 | (58.9) | 829 | (63.3) | 719 | (65.0) |
| No insurance/others | 128 | (9.8) | 130 | (9.9) | 64 | (5.8) |
| Hospitalisation in the previous 12 m, n (%) | 162 | (12.4) | 162 | (12.4) | 135 | (12.2) |
| Sickness in the previous 12 m, n (%) | 581 | (44.4) | 784 | (59.9) | 613 | (55.4) |
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) | ||||||
| Normal use | 1107 | (84.6) | 1155 | (88.2) | 1016 | (91.9) |
| Hazardous use | 202 | (15.4) | 154 | (11.8) | 90 | (8.1) |
| Smoking, n (%) | ||||||
| Low dependence | 1256 | (96.0) | 1283 | (98.0) | 1083 | (97.9) |
| Moderate to high dependence | 53 | (4.0) | 26 | (2.0) | 23 | (2.1) |
| General health, n (%) | ||||||
| Poor | 69 | (5.3) | 123 | (9.4) | 73 | (6.6) |
| Fair | 350 | (26.7) | 577 | (44.1) | 516 | (46.7) |
| Good/very good/excellent | 890 | (68.0) | 609 | (46.5) | 517 | (46.8) |
| Mental health disorder, n (%) | ||||||
| < 8, no | 1111 | (84.9) | 885 | (67.6) | 791 | (71.5) |
| ≥ 8, yes | 198 | (15.1) | 424 | (32.4) | 315 | (28.5) |
| Disability, n (%) | ||||||
| < 17, no | 1146 | (87.6) | 1046 | (79.9) | 933 | (84.4) |
| ≥ 17, yes | 163 | (12.4) | 263 | (20.1) | 173 | (15.6) |
| Conflict level, n (%) | ||||||
| Not affected | – | 294 | (22.5) | – | ||
| Lightly affected | – | 709 | (54.2) | – | ||
| Heavily affected | – | 306 | (23.4) | – | ||