Variables | Urban | Rural | P values* | ||
N† | % | N† | % | ||
Presence of any mental health disorder (lifetime) (n, %) | 696 | 9.1 | 157 | 7.8 | <0.001 |
Age (median; Q1–Q3) | 42 | 29–56 | 44 | 30–58 | 0.4367 |
Sex (n, %) | |||||
Male | 3029 | 39.6 | 838 | 41.7 | 0.5968 |
Female | 4615 | 60.4 | 1174 | 58.3 | |
Marital status (n, %) | |||||
Married, living with partner | 4055 | 53.0 | 1255 | 62.4 | <0.001 |
Separated/widow/divorced | 1455 | 19.0 | 301 | 15.0 | |
Single | 2134 | 27.9 | 456 | 22.7 | |
Educational level (n, %) | |||||
None/Primary | 2220 | 29.0 | 1231 | 61.2 | <0.001 |
Secondary | 4027 | 52.7 | 698 | 34.7 | |
Technical | 765 | 10.0 | 52 | 2.6 | |
University | 632 | 8.3 | 31 | 1.5 | |
Family dysfunction (n, %) | |||||
No dysfunction | 6264 | 81.9 | 1595 | 79.3 | 0.3097 |
Light | 747 | 9.8 | 222 | 11.0 | |
Moderate | 372 | 4.9 | 133 | 6.6 | |
Severe | 261 | 3.4 | 62 | 3.1 | |
Personal experience with armed conflict (yes) | 498 | 6.5 | 210 | 10.4 | 0.0019 |
Participation in groups‡ | 2801 | 36.6 | 750 | 37.3 | 0.2429 |
How often can you talk to someone about your problems or difficulties or ask for advice? | |||||
Always | 2050 | 26.8 | 546 | 27.1 | 0.5470 |
Almost always | 1080 | 14.1 | 268 | 13.3 | |
Sometimes | 3332 | 43.6 | 859 | 42.7 | |
Never | 1182 | 15.5 | 339 | 16.8 | |
Number of persons per household | |||||
One | 1049 | 13.7 | 279 | 13.9 | 0.0099 |
Two | 1642 | 21.5 | 472 | 23.5 | |
Three | 1832 | 24.0 | 480 | 23.9 | |
Four to five | 2438 | 31.9 | 594 | 29.5 | |
Six or more | 681 | 8.9 | 186 | 9.2 | |
Region (n, %) | |||||
Central | 1556 | 20.4 | 511 | 25.4 | <0.001 |
Atlantic | 1468 | 19.2 | 346 | 17.2 | |
Bogota | 1572 | 20.6 | 44 | 2.2 | |
Oriental | 1783 | 23.3 | 561 | 27.9 | |
Pacific | 1265 | 16.5 | 550 | 27.3 | |
Type of affiliation to social security system§ (n, %) | |||||
Contributive | 3939 | 51.5 | 445 | 22.1 | <0.001 |
Special | 199 | 2.6 | 19 | 0.9 | |
Subsidised | 3038 | 39.7 | 1444 | 71.8 | |
Not affiliated | 468 | 6.1 | 104 | 5.2 | |
Housing score (higher=poorer quality) | |||||
0 (sum=0) | 4561 | 59.7 | 140 | 7.0 | <0.001 |
1 (sum=1, 2) | 2225 | 29.1 | 300 | 14.9 | |
2 (sum=3, 4) | 587 | 7.7 | 401 | 19.9 | |
3 (sum=5, 6) | 194 | 2.5 | 637 | 31.7 | |
4 (sum=7, 8, 9) | 77 | 1.0 | 534 | 26.5 |
*P values of independence test corrected by the survey expansion factor.
†Numbers represent absolute numbers from the survey, % are prevalence weighted for expansion factor of the survey.
‡Religious, sports, political, cultural, community, ecological, ethnic, youth, health groups.
§The contributive regime includes those in formal employment or independent jobs with economic capacity to pay a monthly fee; special regime includes armed forces, workers in the petroleum industry and teachers in the public sector; in the subsidised regime are those classified as ‘poor’ and their insurance fee is paid by the government and not affiliated are those without health insurance.