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Table 2 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics, older adults included in the study. National SABE-Ecuador survey, 2010–2011

From: A multidimensional model of healthy ageing: proposal and evaluation of determinants based on a population survey in Ecuador

Variable

Frecuency (n°)

Relative Frequency (%)

Gender

 Woman

508,876

56.66

 Man

387,285

43.12

 Missing values

1991

0.22

Age

1991

0.22

 65–74 years

475,053

52.89

 75–84 years

261,416

29.11

 85 years or more

76,046

8.47

 Missing values

85,637

9.53

Area

 Urban

584,700

65.1

 Rural

313,452

34.9

 Missing values

0

0

Ethnic self-identification

 Mestizoa

575,297

64.05

 White

118,342

13.18

 Indigenous

93,643

10.43

 Mulattob

30,569

3.4

 Afro ecuadorian

30,171

3.36

 Other

12,600

1.4

 Missing values

37,529

4.18

Level of education

 None

15,181

1.69

 Literacy center

19,632

2.19

 Kinder Garden

2745

0.31

 Primary

503,793

56.09

 High school

82,704

9.21

 College

23,778

2.65

 Post graduate

2254

0.25

 Missing values

248,065

27.62

  1. aMestizos = ethnic group born from the cross between Europeans, indigenous and Africans during the colonial era. It is a hegemonic category that includes other socio-racial identities, including indigenous people themselves and black people with all their derivations
  2. bMulatto = relating to black people of African descent mixed socio-racially with white or mestizo populations
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