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Table 2 Unweighted summary statistics for use of preventive and curative care.

From: Assessing the context of health care utilization in Ecuador: A spatial and multilevel analysis

    

Curative Care Visits

 

Level

Sample

(n = 46497)

Use of preventive care

(n = 2539)a

First health

problem

(n = 8152)a

Second health problem

(n = 904)a

Predisposing factors

Age in years: mean (SD)

Individual

26.98 (20.67)

22.97 (21.24)

28.47 (23.65)

38.85 (26.05)

Sex (%)

Individual

    

   Male

 

49.50

42.69

46.69

41.70

   Female

 

50.50

57.31

53.31

58.30

Ethnicity (%)

Household

    

   Mestizo

 

84.93

87.83

89.40

89.60

   Indigenous

 

9.20

5.44

5.81

4.20

   Others

 

5.87

6.73

4.78

6.19

Marital status (%)

Individual

    

   Living w/partner

 

11.15

8.31

10.38

13.27

   Married

 

26.74

25.68

29.24

35.29

   Separated/divorced

 

3.75

3.03

4.39

6.19

   Widow

 

2.94

2.48

4.33

10.73

   Single

 

55.41

60.50

51.66

34.51

Enabling factors

Area of residence (%)

Census segment

    

   Urban

 

50.50

62.86

57.69

61.62

   Rural

 

49.50

37.14

42.31

38.38

Assets quintile (%)

Household

    

   1

 

23.74

11.22

18.02

16.92

   2

 

21.32

16.19

21.22

23.01

   3

 

19.29

19.85

21.17

21.90

   4

 

18.14

21.54

20.61

20.02

   5

 

17.51

31.19

18.98

18.14

Consumption quintile (%)

Household

    

   1

 

24.84

14.14

19.09

17.26

   2

 

21.27

14.81

20.82

21.02

   3

 

19.57

18.75

21.07

20.91

   4

 

18.22

24.22

20.73

23.12

   5

 

16.10

28.08

18.29

17.70

Educational level (%)

Individual

    

   None

 

21.56

30.25

30.61

28.21

   Elementary

 

44.77

30.33

40.42

44.47

   High School

 

25.53

27.18

21.74

19.91

   College

 

8.04

12.13

7.19

7.30

   Doesn't know/answer

 

0.11

0.12

0.05

0.11

Insurance (%)

Individual

    

   Insured

 

19.46

26.94

21.88

25.11

   Uninsured

 

80.54

73.06

78.12

74.89

Need

Health problems (%)

Individual

    

   No problems

 

52.64

52.74

0.00

0.00

   One problem

 

41.24

41.04

87.93

0.00

   Two problems

 

6.12

6.22

12.07

100.00

  1. aSubsamples highlight those individuals who answered "Yes" to use of preventive care services, first health problem curative visit, and second health problem curative visit, respectively.