Table 1.
Socio-economic, demographic, environmental and health characteristics of children aged 6–24 months, assisted by Bolsa Família Program and their families in the State of Alagoas, Brazil, 2019
| Total (n 1604) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n * | %* | |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Counties of Alagoas | ||
| Batalha | 198 | 12·3 |
| Murici | 300 | 18·7 |
| Pão de Açúcar | 190 | 11·8 |
| Pilar | 310 | 19·3 |
| São Luiz do Quitunde | 320 | 20·0 |
| Teotônio Vilela | 286 | 17·8 |
| Household per capita income†‡ | ||
| R$ ≤85·00 | 1490 | 92·9 |
| R$ 85·01–170·00 | 88 | 5·5 |
| R$ 170·01–477·00§ | 26 | 1·6 |
| Number of residents per household‡ | ||
| ≤4 | 1042 | 78·3 |
| >4 | 289 | 21·7 |
| Housing location‡ | ||
| Urban | 1364 | 85·0 |
| Rural | 240 | 15·0 |
| Drinking water | ||
| Adequate | 1224 | 76·3 |
| Inadequate | 380 | 23·7 |
| Sanitation‡ | ||
| Adequate | 665 | 41·5 |
| Inadequate | 639 | 39·8 |
| Do not know | 300 | 18·7 |
| Household food access‖ | ||
| Food security | 537 | 33·5 |
| Mild FI | 585 | 36·5 |
| Moderate FI | 235 | 14·7 |
| Severe FI | 247 | 15·4 |
| Legal guardians characteristics | ||
| Age (years) | ||
| <19 | 346 | 21·6 |
| 19–35 | 1083 | 67·6 |
| >35 | 172 | 10·7 |
| Schooling (years) | ||
| No schooling | 94 | 6·0 |
| <9 | 553 | 35·5 |
| 9–12 | 861 | 55·3 |
| >12 | 48 | 3·1 |
| Child characteristics | ||
| Sex | ||
| Female | 806 | 50·2 |
| Male | 798 | 49·8 |
| Age (months) | ||
| 6–11 | 520 | 32·4 |
| 12–17 | 554 | 34·5 |
| 18–24 | 530 | 33·0 |
| Fe deficiency anaemia | ||
| Yes | 927 | 58·1 |
| No | 669 | 41·9 |
| BMI-for-age¶ | ||
| Eutrophic (>z-score −2 to <z-score +1) | 977 | 62·0 |
| Risk of overweight (>z-score +1 to <z-score +2) | 415 | 26·4 |
| Excess weight (z-score> +2) | 184 | 11·7 |
| Food classification** | ||
| Consumption of fresh or minimally processed food | 1566 | 97·6 |
| Consumption of processed foods | 1499 | 93·5 |
| Consumption of ultra-processed foods | 1454 | 90·6 |
| Daycare institutionalisation | ||
| Yes | 97 | 6·0 |
| No | 1507 | 94·0 |
| Breast-feeding practice | ||
| Breastfed children†† | 1489 | 92·8 |
| Continuity of breast-feeding at 1 year of age‡‡ | 223 | 60·3 |
| Continuity of breast-feeding at 2 years of age§§ | 161 | 47·6 |
FI, food insecurity.
Values are presented as total number (n) and frequency (%) for categorical variables.
Family per capita income values do not include the amount received by the Bolsa Família Program.
Secondary data obtained through the CadÚnico Consultation, Selection and Information Extraction database bank, provided by the state government.
Amount referring to half the minimum wage in Reais in the year of 2018 (minimum wage in 2018 = R$ 954·00); In December 2018, $US 1·00 was approximately R$ 3·88.
Households were classified as ‘food secure’ grouping, those in food security and mild FI, and as ‘food insecure’ grouping, those with moderate and severe FI according to the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale.
In the BMI-for-age index, eighteen children with wasting nutritional status were excluded and nine children did not present these data.
Foods were classified according to the NOVA classification proposed by Monteiro et al.(3).
Children who had access to breast-feeding at some point in life.
Indicator of continuity of breast-feeding at 1 year of age; sample with children aged 12–15 months who were breastfeed the day before.
Indicator of continuity of breast-feeding at 2 years of age; sample with children aged 20–24 months who were breastfeed the day before.