📋 Tender Overview
In the second quarter of 2023, nationwide, 75.4% of children and adolescents aged 6 and 17 used the Internet service, a figure 3.3 percentage points higher than the same quarter of the previous year. This was announced by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) in the technical report State of Children and Adolescents, prepared with the results of the National Household Survey (ENAHO).
By age group, 88.9 per cent of the population aged 12 to 17 accessed the Internet, followed by 61.1 per cent aged 6 to 11; registering increases of 3.6 percentage points, for both cases, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
87.6% of the population aged 6 to 17 accessed the Internet via cell phone
87.6% of the population aged 6 to 17 accessed the Internet via cell phone, increasing by 2.4 percentage points. Likewise, 32.1% used the Internet at home and 7.2% in the educational establishment with increases of 2.5 and 5.4 percentage points, respectively; compared to the second quarter of the previous year.
16.7% of the population under 18 years of age reported suffering from some health problem or chronic discomfort
In the second quarter of this year, 16.7% of the population under 18 years of age reported suffering from some health problem or chronic discomfort, a figure lower by 0.4 percentage points when compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
It should be noted that the highest percentage of the population under 18 years of age with a health problem or chronic discomfort are residents of urban areas (19.5%) than of rural areas (7.1%).
63.6% of the population under 18 years of age with a health problem or chronic discomfort sought care for their ailment
At the national level, 63.6% of the population under 18 years of age, who reported suffering from a health problem or chronic discomfort, sought care in a health facility, a practice that increased by 6.3 percentage points, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Of this total, 20.2% went to a MINSA health facility and 19.5% to a pharmacy, registering an increase of 5.1 percentage points, and a decrease of 7.7 percentage points, respectively, compared to the second quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, 36.4% did not seek care to address a health problem or chronic discomfort.
Access to some health insurance for the population under 18 years of age increased from 89.7% to 93.6%
From April to June of this year, 93.6% of children under 18 years of age accessed some health insurance, a figure 3.9 percentage points higher than that reported in the same quarter of 2022. Of these, 68.3% have only the Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) and 21.5% the Social Health Insurance (EsSalud), registering increases of 1.6 and 1.7 percentage points, respectively; compared to the same analysis period.
In rural areas, 96.7 per cent are insured, with greater SIS coverage (91.8 per cent). While in urban areas, 92.6 per cent of the population has health insurance, of this total, 61.3 per cent mentioned being affiliated only to the SIS.
68.3% of the adolescent population aged 14 to 17 only studies
During the second trimester of the study, 68.3% of the adolescent population aged 14 to 17 only studied and showed a growth of 2.6 percentage points, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Similarly, 15.2% study and help in some activity (business of the house or a relative, doing domestic work in another home, making products for sale, on the farm or grazing animals, among others) increasing by 1.2 percentage points. Meanwhile, 9.6% do not study or work and 6.8% work, registering a decrease of 2.5 and 1.3 percentage points, respectively; when compared with the same quarter of 2022.
51.5% of households in the country have among their members at least one person under 18 years of age
At the national level, 51.5% of households have among their members at least one person under 18 years of age, a proportion that shows a decrease of 1.6 percentage points, compared to the same quarter of the previous year. By area of residence, 18.51 per cent of households with a population under 9 of age in urban areas and 50.0 per cent in rural areas.
