Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population by self-reported health status. SALURBAL Study (n = 71,541)
| Characteristics | Poor SRH (N = 22,480) |
Good SRH (N = 49,061) |
Total (N = 71,541) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country contribution to sample | < 0.001 | |||
| % Argentina | 19.6 | 28.8 | 26.0 | |
| % Brazil | 48.8 | 44.4 | 45.8 | |
| % Chile | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | |
| % Colombia | 20.6 | 21.6 | 21.3 | |
| % Guatemala & El Salvador | 6.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | |
| Individual-level sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| % Female | 65.6 | 55.0 | 58.3 | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) Age in years | 51.6 (15.5) | 43.9 (14.2) | 46.3 (15.1) | < 0.001 |
| % 25–65 years | 80.0 | 90.8 | 87.4 | < 0.001 |
| % > 65 years | 20.0 | 9.2 | 12.6 | |
| Educational level | ||||
| % Less than primary educ. | 34.3 | 14.0 | 20.4 | < 0.001 |
| % Primary educ completed | 33.9 | 27.6 | 29.6 | |
| % High-School completed | 24.8 | 38.8 | 34.4 | |
| % University completed or higher level | 7.0 | 19.5 | 15.6 | |
| City-level socioeconomic characteristics | ||||
| Mean (SD) Socioeconomic Index, Z-score | −0.19 (0.97) | −0.02 (0.87) | 0.17 (0.54) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) GDP per-capita | 13,504.8 (8565.0) | 14,769.6 (8937.9) | 14,372.2 (8841.9) | < 0.001 |
| Median GDP per-capita | 10,401.6 | 11,225.4 | 11,225.4 | |
| Mean (SD) Population size | 3,549,314 (5027477) | 3,754,636 (5330711) | 3,690,119 (5238151) | |
| Median Population size | 1,678,371 | 1,407,681 | 1,407,681 | |
GDP Gross Domestic Product, HH households, SD Standard deviation, SRH Self-rated health.
* P values from Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test for continuous variables and Fisher exact test for categorical variables