Research PaperSocioeconomic determinants of disability in Chile
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Population and sample
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative survey conducted in Chile in 2006 (CASEN) [48]. This anonymous population-based survey has been carried out by the Chilean Ministry of Planning every 3 years since 1987 [27]. It describes the socioeconomic situation, as well as the impact of social programs on living conditions, for the Chilean population [37], [49].
The CASEN survey used multistage probabilistic sampling with 2 phases (county and household), stratified by
Sample description and prevalence of any disability in Chile
Characteristics of population are presented in Table 1. The mean age was 33.0 years old (SD = 0.14). Fifty-one percent of the population were male and most were either single (50.6%) or married (40.8%). Only 12.9% of the population were living in a rural area. Over 70% of the population reported having primary and high school level education, compared to less than 10% with a university degree. The average income of the wealthiest quintile was 14.3 times higher than the average income of the
Summary of key findings
In our knowledge this is the first study exploring the relationship between disability (any and each type of disability) and socioeconomic position in Chile. Income, education, occupation, and material measures of socioeconomic position, along with some sociodemographic characteristics of the population, were independently associated with the chance of being disabled in Chile. Interestingly, each classic measures of socioeconomic position (income, education, and occupation) were independently
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Chilean Ministry of Planning for providing the data collected through CASEN survey 2006 and those people from the Chilean population who answered the CASEN survey in 2006. They also acknowledge Miss Philippa Bird for her valuable comments to this paper and the comments and review of Professor Kate E. Pickett, University of York, UK. Finally, the authors acknowledge all the comments and suggestions from three anonymous peer reviewers of this manuscript.
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