Table 1 Summary of variables

Outcome

Health insurance status

1 = No insurance

2 = SIS (“Integrated Health Insurance”)

3 = Standard Insurance (EsSalud, EPS, FFAA/Police, PHI)

SIS

Other insurance

Explanatory variables

Highest educational level attained

0 = Primary or no education

1 = Secondary

2 = Higher but no university

3 = Higher, university or Postgraduate

–

+

Ethnicity

0 = Other

1 = Spanish

–

+

Marital status

0 = Not currently married

1 = Currently married

+

+

Place of residence

0 = Rural

1 = Urban

–

+

Wealth index

0 = Poorest

1 = Poorer

2 = Middle

3 = Wealthier

4 = Wealthiest

–

+

Currently working

0 = No

1 = Yes

–

+

Births in last 5 years

0 = 0 births

1 = 1 or more births

+

+

Total living children

0 = 0 children

1 = 1–2 children

2 = 3 or more children

+

–

Household size

0 = 1–3 members

1 = 4–6 members

2 = 7 or more members

+

–

Age

continuous

+

+