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Table 3 Prevalence of self-perceived poor health according to social. physical and safety environment variables. stratified by 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

   

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

Social Environment

Sense of Belonging to the neighborhood

Agree

19.0

*

31.8

 

16.3

*

33.7

*

53.7

*

26.4

 

Neither Agree nor Disagree

16.2

34.5

 

11.5

34.1

51.6

29.7

 

Disagree

36.0

59.6

 

29.0

45.0

74.5

33.4

 

Perception of Support Networks

Agree

18.5

 

30.4

 

16.1

 

33.4

**

56.8

 

25.5

*

Neither Agree nor Disagree

20.4

 

42.8

 

15.5

 

32.9

42.5

 

30.2

Disagree

27.4

 

45.0

 

19.8

 

50.5

66.2

 

42.6

Egotropic Participation

Yes participates

16.4

 

28.7

 

14.0

 

31.7

 

61.5

 

21.1

 

Does not participate

21.5

 

38.1

 

17.5

 

35.7

 

55.1

 

29.1

 

Sociotropic Participation

Yes participates

18.3

 

32.0

 

15.8

 

32.9

 

55.2

 

26.3

 

Does not participate

20.4

 

36.4

 

16.6

 

36.0

 

56.4

 

28.5

 

Religious Participation

Yes participates

20.1

 

35.1

 

14.8

 

28.4

*

51.4

 

18.1

*

Does not participate

19.9

 

35.6

 

16.5

 

36.8

57.7

 

30.1

Physical Environment

Perception of problems with Quality of public space

No problem

18.4

 

33.7

 

15.4

 

28.7

**

52.2

 

21.8

**

Yes Problem

21.3

 

37.0

 

17.3

 

40.7

58.9

 

33.6

Perception of pollution problems in the environment

No problem

15.9

*

28.6

 

14.1

 

27.3

**

46.1

*

21.6

*

Yes Problem

22.1

37.7

 

17.8

 

38.7

60.1

30.9

Perception of problem of infrastructure availability in the neighborhood

No problem

15.5

*

33.3

 

12.3

*

31.2

*

52.8

 

24.9

 

Yes Problem

22.6

36.6

 

19.0

37.3

57.7

 

29.7

 

Safety

Perceived safety in the neighborhood

Safe

12.7

**

25.9

 

10.5

*

25.4

**

41.8

**

19.7

**

Somewhat safe

20.8

39.0

 

17.1

34.2

56.8

27.1

Unsafe

27.9

38.7

 

23.9

44.5

66.7

36.1

  1. * p < 0.005
  2. ** p < 0.001