Table 3

Sociodemographic characteristics of SaMi-Trop cohort members (n=1959)

VariablesNPer cent
Sex
 Female1.32367.5
 Male63632.5
Age
 <50 years49925.6
 50–74 years1.22362.6
 >74 years23111.8
Number of household members
 1–31.10656.6
 4–670936.3
 7–171387.1
Family monthly income data
 >US$3271.03753.1
 ≤US$32791646.9
Skin colour
 Mixed1.14458.6
 White42621.8
 Black34817.8
 Others321.8
Years of school
 1–4 year86244.2
 Illiterate67034.4
 5–8 years32016.4
 Other985.0
Marital status
 Married or living with partner1.23863.4
 Widower44923.0
 Single1769.0
 Divorced904.6
Self-perception of health
 Very good572.9
 Good49925.8
 Average1.11657.7
 Bad or very bad26413.6
  • Small differences in total N for each variable are due to missing values.

  • Others in Skin colours include Asians (27) and Native Americans (5).

  • Others in Educational level included: elementary school (81) and graduate school (17).

  • Dollar quotation from July 2013.