Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants included in the study1
| Characteristics | n (%) | Utilization of health services in persons with COVID-19 symptomatology |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | p-value | |||
| Overall | 1,856 (100) | 47.8 (43.5, 52.0) | 52.2 (48.0, 56.5) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 888 (48.6) | 49.3 (43.8, 54.9) | 50.7 (45.1, 56.2) | 0.393 | |
| Female | 968 (51.4) | 46.3 (40.9, 51.7) | 53.7 (48.3, 59.1) | ||
| Age (yr) | |||||
| 18-29 | 370 (19.9) | 40.9 (32.7, 49.7) | 59.1 (50.3, 67.3) | 0.049 | |
| 30-39 | 418 (21.6) | 45.1 (37.9, 52.5) | 54.9 (47.5, 62.1) | ||
| 40-49 | 415 (21.1) | 45.2 (37.6, 53.0) | 54.8 (47.0, 62.4) | ||
| 50-59 | 359 (21.8) | 55.9 (47.6, 63.8) | 44.1 (36.2, 52.4) | ||
| ≥60 | 294 (15.7) | 52.4 (43.8, 60.8) | 47.6 (39.2, 56.2) | ||
| Educational level | |||||
| No education | 48 (2.4) | 35.5 (20.5, 53.9) | 64.5 (46.1, 79.5) | 0.135 | |
| Primary | 406 (19.7) | 40.8 (33.2, 48.9) | 59.2 (51.1, 66.8) | ||
| Secondary | 728 (42.7) | 49.8 (43.4, 56.3) | 50.2 (43.7, 56.6) | ||
| Superior | 674 (35.2) | 50.0 (43.8, 56.2) | 50.0 (43.8, 56.2) | ||
| Partner | |||||
| Without partner | 698 (38.2) | 46.1 (39.7, 52.7) | 53.9 (47.3, 60.3) | 0.519 | |
| With Partner | 1,158 (61.8) | 48.8 (43.6, 53.9) | 51.2 (46.1, 56.4) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Not native | 1,435 (78.1) | 46.6 (41.9, 51.4) | 53.4 (48.6, 58.1) | 0.243 | |
| Native | 421 (21.9) | 51.8 (44.1, 59.4) | 48.2 (40.6, 55.9) | ||
| Presence of any chronic disease | |||||
| No | 870 (44.7) | 44.9 (39.1, 50.8) | 55.1 (49.2, 60.9) | 0.164 | |
| Yes | 986 (55.3) | 50.1 (44.7, 55.4) | 49.9 (44.6, 55.3) | ||
| Presence of any physical or psychological or cognitive limitation | |||||
| No | 1,757 (94.0) | 48.0 (43.7, 52.3) | 52.0 (47.7, 56.3) | 0.575 | |
| Yes | 99 (6.0) | 43.8 (30.0, 58.6) | 56.2 (41.4, 70.0) | ||
| Health insurance | |||||
| No | 415 (26.9) | 38.7 (31.0, 47.1) | 61.3 (52.9, 69.0) | 0.008 | |
| Yes | 1,441 (73.1) | 51.1 (46.5, 55.7) | 48.9 (44.3, 53.5) | ||
| Some unsatisfied basic need | |||||
| No | 1,507 (85.0) | 49.5 (44.7, 54.3) | 50.5 (45.7, 55.3) | 0.016 | |
| Yes | 349 (15.0) | 37.8 (30.3, 45.9) | 62.2 (54.1, 69.7) | ||
| Geographic domains | |||||
| Urban coast | 513 (21.6) | 57.7 (50.3, 64.7) | 42.3 (35.3, 49.7) | <0.001 | |
| Rural coast | 35 (0.7) | 57.5 (37.9, 75.0) | 42.5 (25.0, 62.1) | ||
| Urban highlands | 202 (12.2) | 57.6 (45.6, 68.8) | 42.4 (31.2, 54.4) | ||
| Rural highlands | 103 (3.4) | 45.9 (35.5, 56.6) | 54.1 (43.4, 64.5) | ||
| Urban jungle | 511 (15.7) | 30.1 (23.7, 37.3) | 69.9 (62.7, 76.3) | ||
| Rural jungle | 219 (5.0) | 31.6 (22.5, 42.4) | 68.4 (57.6, 77.5) | ||
| Metropolitan Lima | 273 (41.3) | 48.4 (40.3, 56.5) | 51.6 (43.5, 59.7) | ||
Values are presented as % (95% confidence interval).
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ENAHO, National Household Survey on Living Conditions and Poverty.
1
Estimates include the weights and ENAHO 2020 sample specifications.