Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics for healthy and less healthy ageing. National Base SABE-Ecuador, 2010–2011
Variable | Healthy ageing (n) | Relative frequency (%) | Less healthy ageing (n) | Relative frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Man | 200,574 | 60.74 | 129,623 | 39.26 |
Woman | 205,012 | 47.54 | 226,230 | 52.46 |
Age | ||||
65–74 years | 239,846 | 57.41 | 177,899 | 42.59 |
75–84 years | 117,437 | 51.29 | 111,549 | 48.71 |
85 years or more | 16,204 | 31.18 | 35,773 | 68.82 |
Area | ||||
Urban | 292,002 | 55.74 | 231,828 | 44.26 |
Rural | 113,750 | 47.47 | 125,850 | 52.53 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Mestizo | 280,883 | 56.00 | 220,681 | 44.00 |
White | 53,999 | 51.47 | 50,923 | 48.53 |
Indigenous | 23,955 | 35.02 | 44,451 | 64.98 |
Afro ecuadorian | 15,452 | 64.69 | 8436 | 35.31 |
Mulatto | 14,900 | 56.64 | 11,408 | 43.36 |
Other | 4367 | 38.50 | 6977 | 61.50 |
Level of eduction | ||||
None | 4903 | 41.07 | 7036 | 58.93 |
Literacy | 4522 | 26.01 | 12,862 | 73.99 |
Kinder garden | 1212 | 44.15 | 1533 | 55.85 |
Primary | 240,836 | 54.82 | 198,513 | 45.18 |
High school | 58,032 | 76.03 | 18,293 | 23.97 |
Bachelor | 1717 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
College | 18,143 | 89.62 | 2102 | 10.38 |
Post Graduate | 2254 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
How do you consider your health | ||||
Excellent | 7180 | 91.46 | 670 | 8.54 |
Very good | 14,484 | 76.54 | 4440 | 23.46 |
Good | 117,367 | 73.79 | 41,697 | 26.21 |
Regular | 224,147 | 53.24 | 196,861 | 46.76 |
Bad | 42,574 | 27.33 | 113,200 | 72.67 |
Are you satisfied with your life | ||||
Yes | 373,827 | 58.62 | 263,883 | 41.38 |
No | 30,986 | 25.18 | 92,084 | 74.82 |
Income povertya | ||||
No | 272,076 | 61.67 | 169,120 | 38.33 |
yes | 133,676 | 41.48 | 188,558 | 58.52 |