TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics and effect size.
| Variables/Countries | Argentina | Bolivia | Chile | Colombia | Cuba | Ecuador | El salvador | Guatemala | Mexico | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| Gender [Md (IQR)] | |||||||||||||
| Female | 14 (22) | 12 (26) | 16 (20) | 14 (26) | 15 (19) | 16 (27) | 12 (28) | 12 (26) | 15 (22) | 14.25 (22) | 11 (29) | 15 (26) | 15 (24) |
| Male | 13 (20) | 14 (27) | 17 (20) | 14 (26) | 16 (19) | 14 (26) | 12 (28) | 13 (25) | 15 (21) | 11 (23) | 11 (27) | 17 (27) | 15 (23) |
| δ | −0.18 | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.03 | 0.04 | −0.10 | 0.09 | −0.24 | 0.03 | 0.03 | −0.05 |
| Age [Md (IQR)] | |||||||||||||
| <23 | 21 (15) | 28 (13) | 20 (16.25) | 26 (13) | 19 (13) | 25 (14) | 30 (11) | 23 (7) | 21 (15) | 22.5 (13) | 29 (10) | 25.5 (13.25) | 23.5 (14) |
| 23–42 | 21 (13) | 26 (12) | 20 (16) | 25 (14) | 21 (15.25) | 27 (14) | 28 (12) | 28 (13) | 22 (16) | 22 (14) | 28 (11) | 27.5 (15) | 25 (15.25) |
| >42 | 15 (22) | 13 (25) | 16.25 (19.5) | 13 (27) | 13 (9) | 14 (28) | 11 (27) | 7 (24.5) | 15 (20) | 13 (25) | 10 (25) | 13.25 (22) | 14 (23) |
| ξ | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.18 |
| Highest level of education [Md (IQR)] | |||||||||||||
| Primary | 23.5 (13) | 29 (12) | 20.5 (17) | 27 (12) | 24.5 (20) | 25 (13) | 28 (11) | 29.5 (10.5) | 22 (17.5) | 22.5 (15.75) | 29 (9) | 27 (15.5) | 28 (8) |
| University | 21 (14) | 26 (12) | 20 (16) | 25 (14) | 19 (15) | 27 (15) | 28 (12) | 25 (13) | 21.5 (15) | 22 (14) | 28 (12) | 26.5 (15) | 24 (15) |
| δ | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.02 |
| Sources of information [Md (IQR)] | |||||||||||||
| Government, | 19 (14) | 22 (19) | 17 (14) | 23 (14) | 15 (15.25) | 25 (14.5) | 28 (14) | 25.5 (15) | 22 (15) | 20.5 (14) | 28 (12) | 25 (16) | 27.5 (21.5) |
| Family/friends, etc. | 24 (10) | 27.5 (5.25) | 2 (15.25) | 27 (12) | 24 (12) | 30 (11) | 28 (20) | 25 (12) | 21 (16) | 27 (10) | 30.5 (10) | 28 (17) | 28 (18) |
| Social networks, | 22 (13) | 27 (13) | 23 (15) | 27 (15) | 26 (18) | 28 (14) | 28 (11) | 26 (12) | 20 (16) | 22 (13) | 28 (13) | 27 (14) | 24 (14) |
| Television, radio and newspapers | 23 (13) | 26 (12) | 18 (16) | 25.5 (14) | 16.5 (13) | 24 (15) | 29 (10) | 26 (13.25) | 22 (16) | 25 (13) | 29 (8) | 27 (13) | 21.5 (17) |
| ξ | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.10 |