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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of adults and children

From: Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

Characteristics

N (%)

Adults (N=223)

Age (Mean, SD)

46.58 (17.71)

Female

132 (59.2)

Highest education

 Never went to school

60 (26.9)

 Incomplete Primary

39 (17.5)

 Complete Primary

37 (16.6)

 Incomplete Secondary

33 (14.8)

 Complete Secondary

48 (21.5)

 Superior

6 (2.7)

National insurance

185 (83)

Children (N=144)

Age (Mean, SD)

8.17 (4.7)

Female

71 (49.3)

School attendance

 Pre-schoolers

26 (18.1)

 Currently attending

118 (8.2)

National insurance

139 (96.5)