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Table 2 Descriptive analysis of self-perceived poor health and variables related to social. physical and security environment according to sex and educational level. Chile 2016

From: Social inequalities in self-perceived health in Chile, does the urban environment matter?: a cross-sectional study

   

Men

Men with low educational level

Men with medium/high educational level

Women

Women with low educational level

Women with medium/high educational level

   

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Total

 

2109 (49.1)

391 (18.6)

1718 (81.5)

2190 (51.0)

560 (25.6)

1630 (74.4)

 

Age*

 

47 (65.8)

56 (123.5)

45 (70.8)

48 (53.0)

57 (102.2)

45 (61.3)

 

Self-perceived health

Good health

1689 (80.1)

252 (64.5)

1437 (83.6)

1422 (64.9)

246 (43.9)

1176 (72.1)

 

Poor health

420 (19.9)

139 (35.5)

281 (16.4)

769 (35.1)

314 (56.1)

454 (27.9)

Social Environment

Sense of Belonging to the neighborhood

Agree

1454 (69.0)

253 (64.6)

1202 (70.0)

1515 (69.2)

404 (72.0)

1112 (68.2)

Neither Agree nor Disagree

465 (22.0)

95 (24.4)

370 (21.5)

413 (18.9)

83 (14.8)

330 (20.3)

Disagree

190 (9.0)

43 (11.0)

147 (8.5)

262 (12.0)

74 (13.2)

188 (11.6)

Perception of Support Networks

Agree

1462 (69.4)

244 (62.2)

1219 (71.0)

1615 (73.7)

407 (72.6)

1208 (74.1)

Neither Agree nor Disagree

385 (18.3)

69 (17.6)

316 (18.4)

349 (15.9)

77 (13.8)

272 (16.7)

Disagree

261 (12.4)

79 (20.2)

182 (10.6)

226 (10.3)

76 (13.5)

150 (9.2)

Egotropic Participation

Yes participates

660 (31.3)

107 (27.4)

553 (32.2)

331 (15.1)

87 (15.5)

244 (15.0)

Does not participate

1449 (68.7)

284 (72.6)

1164 (67.8)

1860 (84.9)

474 (84.5)

1386 (85.1)

Sociotropic Participation

Yes participates

508 (24.1)

78 (19.8)

431 (25.1)

624 (28.5)

143 (25.4)

482 (29.5)

Does not participate

1600 (75.9)

314 (80.2)

1287 (74.9)

1566 (71.5)

418 (74.6)

1149 (70.5)

Religious Participation

Yes participates

254 (12.0)

67 (17.0)

187 (10.9)

442 (20.2)

137 (24.4)

305 (18.7)

Does not participate

1855 (88.0)

325 (83.0)

1530 (89.1)

1748 (79.8)

423 (75.6)

1325 (81.3)

Physical Environment

Perception of problems with Quality of public space

No problem

1031 (48.9)

170 (43.4)

861 (50.2)

1024 (46.8)

233 (41.6)

791 (48.5)

Yes Problem

1078 (51.1)

222 (56.6)

856 (49.9)

1166 (53.2)

327 (58.4)

839 (51.5)

Perception of pollution problems in the environment

No problem

744 (35.3)

94 (24.1)

650 (37.8)

691 (31.5)

159 (28.4)

532 (32.6)

Yes Problem

1365 (64.7)

297 (75.9)

1068 (62.2)

1500 (68.5)

401 (71.6)

1099 (67.4)

Perception of problem of infrastructure availability in the neighborhood

No problem

798 (37.9)

123 (31.4)

675 (39.3)

794 (36.2)

179 (32.0)

615 (37.7)

Yes Problem

1311 (62.2)

268 (68.6)

1042 (60.7)

1397 (63.8)

381 (68.0)

1015 (62.3)

Safety

Perceived safety in the neighborhood

Safe

684 (32.5)

100 (25.4)

585 (34.0)

588 (26.8)

152 (27.1)

436 (26.7)

Somewhat safe

911 (43.2)

154 (39.5)

756 (44.0)

912 (41.7)

218 (39.0)

694 (42.6)

Unsafe

514 (24.4)

137 (35.1)

376 (21.9)

691 (31.5)

190 (34.0)

500 (30.7)

  1. * Mean and standard deviation