Table 1.
Population descriptive characteristics. Federal District, Brazil, 2017–2018
| Variable of study | Children among 6 and 12 months of age | Children among 12 and 24 months of age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n 178 | n 360 | |||||
| n* | % | CI 95 % | n† | % | CI 95 % | |
| Socio-economic and demographic variables of the mother, family and household | ||||||
| Mother’s age group | ||||||
| Under 20 years | 27 | 15·2 | 8·9, 21·4 | 39 | 10·8 | 7·2, 14·4 |
| 20 years or more | 151 | 84·8 | 78·6, 91·0 | 321 | 89·2 | 85·6, 92·7 |
| Mother’s colour | ||||||
| White | 21 | 11·9 | 5·9, 17·9 | 52 | 14·5 | 9·8, 19·2 |
| Black or Brown | 143 | 81·3 | 73·1, 89·4 | 283 | 79·1 | 74·2, 83·8 |
| Yellow or indigenous | 12 | 6·8 | 2·1, 11·5 | 23 | 6·4 | 4·7, 8·7 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Lives with partner | 115 | 64·6 | 57·3, 71·2 | 249 | 69·4 | 64·4, 73·9 |
| Does not live with partner | 63 | 35·4 | 28·7, 42·6 | 110 | 30·6 | 26·1, 35·5 |
| Maternal education | ||||||
| Up to 4 years | 44 | 24·7 | 16·5, 32·9 | 74 | 20·6 | 15·9, 25·3 |
| Between 4 and 8 years | 105 | 59·0 | 50·6, 67·3 | 213 | 59·3 | 54·4, 64·2 |
| Between 8 and 12 years | 15 | 8·4 | 5·0, 11·9 | 37 | 10·3 | 6·9, 13·7 |
| Over 12 years | 14 | 7·9 | 3·2, 12·5 | 35 | 9·7 | 4·8, 14·7 |
| Family income2 | ||||||
| Up to $ 240·26 | 44 | 25·7 | 16·8, 34·6 | 88 | 24·9 | 18·1, 31·7 |
| Between USD 240·26 and USD 480·52 | 59 | 34·5 | 26·7, 42·3 | 136 | 38·5 | 32·8, 44·2 |
| Between USD 480·52 and USD 720·78 | 37 | 21·6 | 15·4, 27·8 | 62 | 17·6 | 14·1, 21·0 |
| Between USD 720·78 and USD 961·04 | 19 | 11·1 | 4·9, 17·3 | 29 | 8·2 | 5·8, 10·6 |
| Above $ 961·04 | 12 | 7·0 | 2·5, 11·5 | 38 | 10·8 | 5·1, 16·4 |
| Household food and nutritional security | ||||||
| Food security | 108 | 61·0 | 0·53, 67·9 | 214 | 60·3 | 55·1, 65·2 |
| Mild food insecurity | 57 | 32·2 | 25·7, 39·4 | 108 | 30·4 | 25·8, 35·4 |
| Moderate food insecurity | 8 | 4·5 | 2·3, 8·6 | 21 | 5·9 | 3·9, 8·8 |
| Severe food insecurity | 4 | 2·3 | 0·8, 5·6 | 12 | 3·4 | 1·9, 5·8 |
| Children characteristics | ||||||
| Child’s gender | ||||||
| Male | 85 | 47·8 | 40·5, 55·0 | 187 | 51·9 | 46·7, 57·0 |
| Female | 93 | 52·2 | 44·9, 59·4 | 173 | 48·1 | 42·9, 53·2 |
| Child’s colour | ||||||
| White | 69 | 39·2 | 34·5, 43·9 | 130 | 36·5 | 30·8, 42·2 |
| Black or Brown | 99 | 56·3 | 50·8, 61·7 | 202 | 56·7 | 50·9, 62·5 |
| Yellow or indigenous | 8 | 4·5 | 1·7, 7·4 | 24 | 6·7 | 4·3, 9·2 |
| Nutritional status‡ | ||||||
| Underweight | 6 | 3·4 | 0·0, 6·9 | 17 | 4·8 | 1·6, 7·9 |
| Adequate | 104 | 58·4 | 49·6, 67·3 | 212 | 59·6 | 53·2, 65·9 |
| Overweight risk | 42 | 23·6 | 16·5, 30·6 | 83 | 23·3 | 17·6, 29·0 |
| Overweight | 16 | 9·0 | 4·8, 13·2 | 31 | 8·7 | 5·6, 11·8 |
| Obesity | 10 | 5·6 | 0·7, 10·5 | 13 | 3·7 | 1·1, 6·2 |
*
The total was lower for some variables due to missing information.
†
Income range according to the Brazilian definition of minimum wage (240.26 USD equivalent to 937.00 BRL, in 2017).
‡
Nutritional status according to BMI for age(26).