TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic information of the participants.
| Variables/ Countries |
Argentina | Bolivia | Chile | Colombia | Cuba | Ecuador | El Salvador | Guatemala | Mexico | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| (n = 363) | (n = 564) | (n = 453) | (n = 461) | (n = 334) | (n = 438) | (n = 746) | (n = 420) | (n = 484) | (n = 417) | (n = 322) | (n = 392) | (n = 385) | |
| Gender (%) | |||||||||||||
| Female | 255 (70.25) | 421 (74.65) | 314 (69.32) | 322 (69.85) | 231 (69.16) | 311 (71) | 546 (73.19) | 297 (70.71) | 331 (68.39) | 292 (70.02) | 224 (69.57) | 272 (69.39) | 276 (71.69) |
| Male | 108 (29.75) | 143 (25.35) | 139 (30.68) | 139 (30.15) | 103 (30.84) | 127 (29) | 200 (26.81) | 123 (29.29) | 153 (31.61) | 125 (29.98) | 98 (30.43) | 120 (30.61) | 109 (28.31) |
| Age (%) | |||||||||||||
| <23 | 54 (14.88) | 31 (5.5) | 60 (13.25) | 266 (57.7) | 143 (42.81) | 146 (33.33) | 170 (22.79) | 14 (3.33) | 282 (58.26) | 30 (7.19) | 112 (34.78) | 40 (10.2) | 66 (17.14) |
| 23–42 | 192 (52.89) | 333 (59.04) | 267 (58.94) | 125 (27.11) | 156 (46.71) | 227 (51.83) | 426 (57.1) | 198 (47.14) | 171 (35.33) | 323 (77.46) | 191 (59.32) | 264 (67.35) | 92 (23.9) |
| >42 | 117 (32.23) | 200 (35.46) | 126 (27.81) | 70 (15.18) | 35 (10.48) | 65 (14.84) | 150 (20.11) | 208 (49.52) | 31 (6.4) | 64 (15.35) | 19 (5.9) | 88 (22.45) | 227 (58.96) |
| Highest level of education (%) | |||||||||||||
| Primary | 48 (13.22) | 19 (3.37) | 32 (7.06) | 159 (34.49) | 6 (1.8) | 93 (21.23) | 282 (37.8) | 36 (8.57) | 44 (9.09) | 28 (6.71) | 46 (14.29) | 60 (15.31) | 33 (8.57) |
| University | 315 (86.78) | 545 (96.63) | 421 (92.94) | 302 (65.51) | 328 (98.2) | 345 (78.77) | 464 (62.2) | 384 (91.43) | 440 (90.91) | 389 (93.29) | 276 (85.71) | 332 (84.69) | 352 (91.43) |
| Sources of information (%) | |||||||||||||
| Government, | 105 (28.93) | 79 (14.01) | 165 (36.42) | 104 (22.56) | 104 (31.14) | 144 (32.88) | 262 (35.12) | 110 (26.19) | 183 (37.81) | 176 (42.21) | 115 (35.71) | 148 (37.76) | 36 (9.35) |
| Family/friends, etc. | 19 (5.23) | 24 (4.26) | 20 (4.42) | 58 (12.58) | 27 (8.08) | 34 (7.76) | 43 (5.76) | 43 (10.24) | 50 (10.33) | 21 (5.04) | 18 (5.59) | 37 (9.44) | 42 (10.91) |
| Social networks | 77 (21.21) | 214 (37.94) | 137 (30.24) | 149 (32.32) | 51 (15.27) | 146 (33.33) | 298 (39.95) | 147 (35) | 143 (29.55) | 118 (28.3) | 93 (28.88) | 69 (17.6) | 229 (59.48) |
| Television, radio and newspapers | 162 (44.63) | 247 (43.79) | 131 (28.92) | 150 (32.54) | 152 (45.51) | 114 (26.03) | 143 (19.17) | 120 (28.57) | 108 (22.31) | 102 (24.46) | 96 (29.81) | 138 (35.2) | 78 (20.26) |