Table 2 Ordinary least squares regression analysis of self-reported healthcare disruption and household (hh) characteristics in LAC countries, 2020 and 2021 survey rounds

Urban HH

0.00037

(0.01003)

-0.02664

(0.02383)

0.01156

(0.00734)

Male respondent

-0.01539*

(0.00788)

-0.02622

(0.01927)

-0.01453***

(0.00484)

Age of the respondent

0.00035

(0.00021)

0.00041

(0.00043)

0.00028

(0.00028)

Income loss during the pandemic

0.00856

(0.00637)

0.03394

(0.02199)

-0.00382

(0.00438)

More than primary education of the respondent

-0.00572

(0.01279)

-0.01639

(0.04173)

0.00151

(0.00706)

Employed respondent

-0.01959***

(0.00684)

-0.04250***

(0.01231)

-0.00141

(0.00384)

HH size

0.00505*

(0.00290)

0.00340

(0.00481)

0.00505

(0.00429)

Number of people aged 65 or older in the HH

-0.01094**

(0.00400)

-0.02284**

(0.00929)

-0.00601**

(0.00263)

Number of cellphones in the HH

-0.01220*

(0.00605)

-0.01356

(0.00947)

-0.00364

(0.00434)

Lack of food prior month

0.04288***

(0.01350)

0.10435**

(0.04198)

0.01755***

(0.00567)

Number of sleeping rooms

-0.00585**

(0.00277)

0.00244

(0.00749)

-0.01096***

(0.00312)

Wi-Fi connection

-0.00874

(0.01797)

-0.01152

(0.04260)

-0.00546

(0.00940)

_cons

0.09552***

(0.02185)

0.23641***

(0.04013)

0.03321

(0.02028)

N

15,437

2834

12,603

R-sq

0.127

0.108

0.035