Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Epidemiology of tobacco use and dependence in adults in a poor peri-urban community in Lima, Peru
Characteristic | N (n = 316) | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 149 | 47% |
Female | 167 | 53% |
Age | ||
40-49 | 129 | 41% |
50-59 | 140 | 44% |
60-85 | 47 | 15% |
Race | ||
Mestizo | 308 | 98% |
Black | 6 | 2% |
White | 2 | < 1% |
Education | ||
No school/illiterate | 11 | 3% |
Primary incomplete or no school/literate | 59 | 19% |
Primary complete | 124 | 39% |
Secondary complete | 77 | 24% |
Technical school, university, or postgraduate education undertaken | 45 | 14% |
Primary Work | ||
Private or government employee | 42 | 13% |
Retail | 70 | 22% |
Service - manual labor, transportation, or domestic | 106 | 34% |
Stay at home parent | 68 | 22% |
Retired or unemployed | 5 | 2% |
Other | 24 | 8% |
Water | ||
Running water in home | 301 | 95% |
Well inside home | 3 | 1% |
Other (e.g., public well/pipe/tank, water delivery, spring, etc.) | 12 | 4% |
Sanitation | ||
Toilet with sewage | 308 | 97% |
No toilet/sewage | 8 | 3% |
Electricity | ||
Yes | 314 | 99% |
No | 2 | 1% |
Income | ||
< 480 soles | 31 | 10% |
481-800 soles | 109 | 34% |
801-1120 | 97 | 31% |
1121-1440 | 36 | 11% |
≥ 1441 soles | 26 | 8% |
Number of families in the household | ||
1 | 247 | 78% |
2 | 53 | 17% |
≥ 3 | 16 | 5% |
Number of rooms used for sleeping | ||
1 | 23 | 7% |
2 | 77 | 24% |
3 | 120 | 38% |
≥ 4 | 95 | 30% |