Table 1 Characteristics of study participants in total and stratified by violence outcomes, Ecuador 2019

Total sample

17,211 (100)

5,643 (32.79)

7,173 (41.68)

Individual

Age (years)

15–25

4,213 (24.48)

486 (11.53)

685 (16.26)

26–35

2,816 (16.36)

1,069 (37.97)

1,275 (45.27)

36–45

3,048 (17.71)

1,227 (40.25)

1,439 (47.20)

46–55

2,813 (16.34)

1,201 (42.70)

1,426 (50.71)

56–65

2,270 (13.19)

895 (39.43)

1,151 (50.71)

> 65

2,051 (11.92)

766 (37.31)

1,198 (58.38)

Education

University or higher

3,631 (21.10)

1,087 (29.94)

1,286 (35.41)

Secondary

6,997 (40.65)

2,107 (30.11)

2,423 (34.64)

Primary/Middle

5,699 (33.11)

2,174 (38.15)

2,850 (50.01)

None

885 (5.14)

275 (31.11)

615 (69.54)

Relationship

Marital status

Single

4,555 (26.46)

400 (8.78)

691 (15.16)

Living with partner

3,562 (20.70)

1,354 (38.00)

1,571 (44.11)

Married

5,524 (32.10)

2,459 (40.07)

3,012 (53.21)

Separated/divorced/widowed

3,571 (20.75)

1,431 (44.52)

1,900 (54.53)

Societal

Ethnicity

Indigenous

1,237 (7.19)

388 (31.39)

740 (59.82)

People of color

576 (3.35)

216 (37.46)

258 (44.83)

Mestizo

14,762 (85.77)

4,871 (33.00)

5,963 (40.39)

White and others

635 (3.69)

168 (26.49)

212 (33.44)

Area

Rural

4,935 (28.68)

1,520 (30.80)

2,301 (46.61)

Urban

12,275 (71.32)

4,124 (33.59)

4,873 (39.70)

Region

Coast

8,382 (48.70)

2,362 (28.17)

2,787 (33.25)

Highlands

7,984 (46.39)

3,026 (37.90)

3,997 (50.07)

Amazon

789 (4.58)

241 (30.49)

372 (47.21)

Galapagos and others

56 (0.32)

16 (27.77)

17 (30.83)