Table 1 Main characteristics of Mexican adults analyzed according to gender, 2006–2022

Population weighted

193,285,494

175,439,218

31,049,866

26,471,190

34,960,029

32,000,379

41,805,418

38,281,590

42,538,225

39,281,789

42,921,876

39,414,352

%

52.4

47.6

54.0

46.0

52.2

47.8

52.2

47.8

52.0

48.0

52.1

47.9

Calculated percentage or average [95% CI]

Age (in years), %

 20–39

47.2 [46.7, 47.8]

48.4 [47.9, 48.9]

50.5 [49.7, 51.2]

50.3 [49.7, 51.0]

51.5 [50.8, 52.1]

52.0 [51.4, 52.7]

44.9 [43.7, 46.0]

46.4 [45.2, 47.5]

45.5 [44.3, 46.7]

47.6 [46.4, 48.7]

45.6 [44.1, 47.0]

47.1 [45.6, 48.5]

 40–59

34.4 [34.0, 34.8]

33.9 [33.5, 34.4]

32.8 [32.3, 33.3]

33.0 [32.5, 33.6]

33.3 [32.8, 33.8]

33.4 [32.8, 33.9]

35.7 [34.8, 36.6]

34.6 [33.5, 35.6]

35.4 [34.5, 36.3]

33.8 [32.8, 34.7]

34.1 [33.0, 35.2]

34.6 [33.2, 36.0]

 ≥ 60

18.4 [17.9, 18.8]

17.6 [17.2, 18.1]

16.8 [16.2, 17.4]

16.6 [16.0, 17.3]

15.2 [14.7, 15.8]

14.6 [14.1, 15.1]

19.4 [18.4, 20.4]

19.1 [18.1, 20.1]

19.1 [18.2, 20.1]

18.7 [17.7, 19.7]

20.4 [19.1, 21.6]

18.3 [17.2, 19.5]

Marital status, %

 Married/free union

59.3 [58.7, 59.9]

66.1 [65.5, 66.6]

64.0 [63.2, 64.8]

72.4 [71.6, 73.2]

62.6 [61.9, 63.3]

70.0 [69.3, 70.6]

57.2 [56.1, 58.4]

62.5 [61.3, 63.7]

58.3 [57.1, 59.6]

64.4 [63.2, 65.6]

56.1 [54.4, 57.8]

63.8 [62.3, 65.3]

 Divorced/separated/widowed

18.1 [17.8, 18.5]

7.7 [7.4, 7.9]

15.8 [15.4, 16.3]

5.2 [4.9, 5.5]

16.8 [16.4, 17.2]

6.4 [6.1, 6.7]

19.3 [18.5, 20.0]

8.8 [8.2, 9.5]

18.7 [17.9, 19.5]

8.7 [8.1, 9.4]

19.2 [18.2, 20.2]

8.0 [7.4, 8.7]

 Single

22.6 [22.1, 23.1]

26.3 [25.8, 26.8]

20.2 [19.6, 20.8]

22.4 [21.7, 23.1]

20.6 [20.0, 21.2]

23.6 [23.1, 24.2]

23.5 [22.5, 24.4]

28.6 [27.5, 29.7]

23.0 [21.9, 24.0]

26.9 [25.7, 28.0]

24.7 [23.2, 26.2]

28.2 [26.8, 29.5]

Employed in the last week, %

39.5 [38.9, 40.1]

77.7 [77.2, 78.1]

29.9 [29.2, 30.6]

76.6 [75.9, 77.3]

35.8 [35.1, 36.6]

78.9 [78.3, 79.6]

40.2 [38.8, 41.5]

74.6 [73.5, 75.7]

40.6 [39.4, 41.9]

76.6 [75.5, 77.6]

47.5 [45.9, 49.2]

81.3 [80.2, 82.5]

Head of household, %

22.4 [22.0, 22.9]

61.4 [60.9, 62.0]

15.9 [15.5, 16.4]

67.4 [66.7, 68.1]

19.1 [18.6, 19.6]

65.4 [64.8, 66.1]

23.3 [22.4, 24.2]

57.6 [56.4, 58.9]

25.3 [24.2, 26.4]

60.6 [59.4, 61.8]

26.2 [25.0, 27.4]

58.7 [57.1, 60.2]

Schooling (in years), avg

8.9 [8.8, 9.0]

9.3 [9.2, 9.4]

7.4 [7.2, 7.5]

8.0 [7.9, 8.2]

8.1 [8.0, 8.2]

8.6 [8.4, 8.7]

9.5 [9.3, 9.7]

9.8 [9.6, 10.0]

9.5 [9.3, 9.7]

9.8 [9.5, 10.0]

9.5 [9.3, 9.8]

9.8 [9.6, 10.1]

Ethnicity: indigenous, %

7.6 [6.9, 8.4]

7.8 [7.1, 8.5]

8.5 [7.4, 9.7]

8.8 [7.6, 10.0]

8.7 [7.7, 9.7]

8.7 [7.7, 9.7]

7.6 [5.6, 9.7]

7.9 [5.8, 10.1]

6.3 [4.7, 7.8]

6.3 [4.7, 8.0]

7.5 [5.4, 9.6]

7.6 [5.6, 9.7]

Health insurance, %

 Nothing

47.3 [46.4, 48.3]

48.6 [47.6, 49.6]

51.1 [50.0, 52.2]

53.0 [51.8, 54.2]

23.4 [22.7, 24.2]

29.9 [29.1, 30.7]

53.0 [50.7, 55.2]

53.2 [51.0, 55.4]

53.1 [50.8, 55.5]

52.7 [50.2, 55.2]

52.8 [50.2, 55.3]

52.3 [49.6, 55.0]

 Social security

44.5 [43.6, 45.3]

44.7 [43.7, 45.6]

39.1 [37.9, 40.3]

38.9 [37.6, 40.1]

39.8 [38.6, 41.0]

39.9 [38.8, 41.1]

47.0 [44.8, 49.3]

46.8 [44.6, 49.0]

46.9 [44.5, 49.2]

47.3 [44.8, 49.8]

47.2 [44.7, 49.8]

47.7 [45.0, 50.4]

 Seguro popular

8.2 [7.7, 8.7]

6.7 [6.3, 7.2]

9.8 [8.9, 10.7]

8.2 [7.4, 9.0]

36.7 [35.6, 37.8]

30.2 [29.1, 31.2]

–

–

–

–

–

–

Socioeconomic level, %

 Low

11.1 [10.4, 11.7]

11.3 [10.6, 11.9]

17.9 [16.6, 19.3]

18.5 [17.1, 19.9]

10.8 [10.0, 11.6]

11.3 [10.4, 12.1]

9.6 [7.8, 11.5]

10.2 [8.2, 12.2]

9.3 [7.8, 10.9]

9.6 [7.9, 11.2]

9.4 [7.3, 11.5]

9.1 [7.1, 11.2]

 Middle

30.6 [29.9, 31.4]

29.9 [29.1, 30.7]

37.4 [36.2, 38.7]

36.9 [35.6, 38.2]

32.7 [31.7, 33.8]

32.2 [31.1, 33.2]

27.1 [25.3, 29.0]

26.6 [24.8, 28.5]

28.6 [26.7, 30.6]

27.9 [26.0, 29.8]

29.2 [27.3, 31.2]

28.5 [26.5, 30.5]

 High

58.3 [57.3, 59.3]

58.8 [57.8, 59.9]

44.6 [42.9, 46.4]

44.6 [42.8, 46.3]

56.4 [55.0, 57.9]

56.5 [55.1, 58.0]

63.2 [60.5, 65.9]

63.2 [60.4, 66.0]

62.0 [59.2, 64.8]

62.6 [59.7, 65.4]

61.4 [58.4, 64.4]

62.4 [59.3, 65.4]

Area of residence, %

 Rural

20.4 [19.2, 21.7]

20.9 [19.7, 22.2]

20.8 [18.8, 22.9]

21.2 [19.1, 23.3]

20.7 [19.0, 22.5]

21.6 [19.8, 23.4]

21.1 [17.4, 24.8]

21.0 [17.2, 24.7]

19.7 [16.0, 23.4]

20.4 [16.6, 24.2]

19.9 [15.5, 24.4]

20.8 [16.3, 25.3]

 Urban

26.9 [25.2, 28.6]

26.5 [24.9, 28.2]

24.3 [22.8, 25.8]

23.6 [22.1, 25.1]

19.0 [17.2, 20.8]

18.5 [16.7, 20.3]

30.2 [25.7, 34.6]

30.3 [25.8, 34.7]

29.5 [25.2, 33.8]

29.0 [24.7, 33.3]

29.3 [23.9, 34.8]

29.0 [23.7, 34.3]

 Metropolitan

52.7 [51.1, 54.3]

52.5 [50.9, 54.1]

54.9 [52.9, 56.8]

55.2 [53.2, 57.2]

60.3 [58.2, 62.3]

59.9 [57.9, 62.0]

48.7 [44.1, 53.4]

48.8 [44.1, 53.4]

50.8 [46.2, 55.3]

50.6 [46.1, 55.2]

50.7 [44.9, 56.5]

50.2 [44.5, 55.9]

 Social programs coverage, %

21.6 [21.0, 22.1]

21.4 [20.9, 21.9]

18.0 [16.1, 19.8]

17.5 [15.7, 19.3]

11.1 [10.7, 11.5]

11.0 [10.7, 11.4]

25.7 [24.5, 26.9]

25.4 [24.3, 26.6]

25.0 [23.8, 26.2]

25.0 [23.8, 26.1]

25.2 [23.7, 26.7]

24.9 [23.4, 26.3]

 Municipality deprivation level, %

  Low

78.0 [76.6, 79.3]

78.8 [77.5, 80.1]

44.3 [41.8, 46.8]

45.3 [42.9, 47.8]

67.9 [65.8, 70.0]

68.9 [66.8, 70.9]

89.6 [86.6, 92.7]

89.7 [86.6, 92.8]

89.2 [85.9, 92.5]

89.4 [86.2, 92.6]

88.0 [84.2, 91.9]

88.2 [84.3, 92.0]

  Middle

16.4 [15.1, 17.6]

15.9 [14.6, 17.2]

37.7 [35.2, 40.2]

37.2 [34.8, 39.7]

23.3 [21.2, 25.3]

22.4 [20.4, 24.4]

8.1 [5.4, 10.9]

8.2 [5.4, 11.0]

9.6 [6.4, 12.8]

9.6 [6.4, 12.7]

10.0 [6.4, 13.6]

10.3 [6.6, 14.0]

  High

5.7 [5.0, 6.3]

5.3 [4.7, 5.8]

18.0 [16.2, 19.9]

17.5 [15.6, 19.3]

8.8 [7.5, 10.1]

8.7 [7.4, 10.0]

2.2 [0.7, 3.8]

2.1 [0.6, 3.6]

1.2 [0.0, 2.5]

1.0 [0.0, 2.1]

2.0 [0.3, 3.7]

1.6 [0.3, 2.8]

 Geographic region,

  Pacific-North

8.9 [8.3, 9.6]

9.7 [9.0, 10.4]

8.7 [7.9, 9.4]

9.4 [8.5, 10.2]

8.8 [8.1, 9.5]

9.6 [8.9, 10.4]

9.1 [6.6, 11.6]

9.9 [7.2, 12.7]

8.9 [6.7, 11.0]

9.5 [7.2, 11.8]

9.2 [6.7, 11.8]

9.9 [7.2, 12.6]

  Border

12.5 [11.7, 13.2]

13.2 [12.4, 13.9]

12.3 [11.3, 13.3]

13.4 [12.2, 14.5]

12.2 [11.4, 13.1]

12.9 [12.0, 13.8]

12.5 [9.1, 15.8]

13.1 [9.6, 16.5]

12.6 [9.5, 15.7]

13.3 [10.0, 16.5]

12.7 [10.1, 15.3]

13.3 [10.6, 16.0]

  Pacific-Central

11.0 [9.8, 12.2]

11.0 [9.8, 12.1]

11.1 [9.7, 12.4]

10.5 [9.2, 11.8]

11.0 [9.8, 12.3]

11.0 [9.8, 12.2]

11.0 [8.2, 13.8]

11.2 [8.3, 14.0]

11.0 [7.4, 14.6]

11.1 [7.5, 14.6]

10.9 [5.9, 16.0]

11.0 [6.1, 15.8]

  Centre-North

12.5 [11.7, 13.4]

12.4 [11.6, 13.2]

12.1 [11.1, 13.1]

11.5 [10.6, 12.4]

12.5 [11.4, 13.5]

12.2 [11.2, 13.2]

12.9 [9.6, 16.1]

12.8 [9.5, 16.1]

12.7 [10.5, 14.9]

12.7 [10.4, 14.9]

12.5 [10.1, 15.0]

12.6 [10.1, 15.1]

  Centre

10.3 [9.2, 11.4]

9.9 [8.9, 11.0]

10.2 [9.0, 11.4]

10.0 [8.7, 11.3]

10.6 [9.2, 12.0]

10.2 [8.9, 11.6]

10.3 [7.6, 13.0]

9.9 [7.3, 12.5]

10.2 [6.8, 13.6]

9.8 [6.5, 13.2]

10.3 [6.2, 14.5]

9.9 [5.9, 13.8]

  Mexico City and State of Mexico

22.3 [21.2, 23.4]

21.8 [20.7, 22.9]

24.1 [22.0, 26.2]

23.9 [21.8, 26.0]

22.4 [20.7, 24.2]

22.0 [20.3, 23.7]

21.8 [18.4, 25.2]

21.2 [17.8, 24.6]

22.0 [18.7, 25.3]

21.5 [18.2, 24.7]

21.7 [16.5, 26.9]

21.1 [15.9, 26.2]

  South Pacific

12.8 [11.7, 13.9]

12.2 [11.1, 13.3]

12.7 [11.5, 13.9]

12.1 [11.0, 13.3]

13.0 [11.7, 14.2]

12.3 [11.1, 13.5]

12.7 [9.3, 16.2]

12.2 [8.8, 15.5]

12.7 [9.3, 16.0]

12.1 [8.9, 15.3]

12.8 [8.7, 16.9]

12.3 [8.4, 16.1]

  Peninsula

9.6 [8.9, 10.4]

9.9 [9.1, 10.6]

8.9 [8.0, 9.8]

9.3 [8.3, 10.2]

9.5 [8.5, 10.4]

9.8 [8.8, 10.8]

9.7 [6.8, 12.6]

9.9 [7.0, 12.7]

10.0 [7.4, 12.5]

10.1 [7.6, 12.7]

9.8 [7.1, 12.5]

10.0 [7.2, 12.8]