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Table 2 Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios between health and informality by welfare state, country, and sex

From: Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gender-based comparison between countries and welfare states in a pooled analysis of 176,786 workers

Welfare state

Country (survey year)

Women

Men

cPR (95% CI)

aPR (95% CI)*

cPR (95% CI)

aPR (95% CI)*

Statalist

Argentina (2018)

1.62 (1.37-1.91)

1.43 (1.20-1.71)

1.63 (1.36-1.95)

1.52 (1.26-1.84)

Brazil (2013)

1.92 (1.94-2.00)

1.49 (1.43-1.56)

2.01 (1.92-2.10)

1.56 (1.48-1.64)

Chile (2015-16)

2.09 (1.51-2.88)

1.90 (1.33-2.70)

2.05 (1.34-3.15)

1.32 (0.82-2.13)

Costa Rica (2018)

1.15 (0.79-1.68)

0.97 (0.69-1.38)

1.84 (1.20-2.81)

1.71 (1.14-2.56)

Mexico (2012)

1.56 (1.07-2.28)

1.07 (0.73-1.57)

2.31 (1.73-3.09)

1.93 (1.43-2.60)

Panama (2018)

1.68 (1.18-2.40)

1.45 (1.01-2.08)

1.05 (0.72-1.53)

0.87 (0.58-1.30)

Familialist

Colombia (2017)

2.23 (1.89-2.62)

1.55 (1.29-1.87)

2.44 (2.08-2.87)

1.59 (1.32-1.93)

Ecuador (2012)

1.39 (1.29-1.50)

1.17 (1.08-1.28)

1.24 (1.16-1.32)

1.09 (1.02-1.16)

El Salvador (2018)

1.89 (1.24-2.88)

1.79 (1.06-3.02)

2.16 (1.27-3.66)

1.90 (1.13-3.17)

Guatemala (2018)

1.33 (0.75-2.35)

1.19 (0.65-2.19)

0.85 (0.56-1.29)

0.62 (0.41-0.93)

Honduras (2018)

1.26 (0.88-1.79)

0.92 (0.65-1.31)

1.86 (1.32-2.62)

1.57 (1.11-2.21)

Nicaragua (2018)

1.10 (0.86-1.4)

0.92 (0.70-1.22)

1.45 (1.10-1.92)

1.35 (1.02-1.79)

Peru (2015)

1.40 (1.17-1.67)

1.14 (0.94-1.39)

1.30 (1.10-1.52)

1.10 (0.92-1.31)

  1. cPR, crude prevalence ratio; aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio. * Adjusted by age, education level, and occupational category