Table 1.
Comparison of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the 7–10-year-old schoolchildren from public and private schools in Florianopolis, Brazil in 2002 and 2007
| 2002 | 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | P value† | |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 7 | 681 | 23·2 | 276 | 22·4 | 0·14 |
| 8 | 766 | 26·1 | 287 | 23·3 | |
| 9 | 793 | 27·0 | 349 | 28·3 | |
| 10 | 696 | 23·7 | 322 | 26·1 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Boys | 1497 | 51·0 | 625 | 50·7 | 0·88 |
| Girls | 1439 | 49·0 | 607 | 49·3 | |
| School type | |||||
| Public schools | 1988 | 67·7 | 782 | 63·5 | 0·01 |
| Private schools | 948 | 32·3 | 450 | 36·5 | |
| Monthly income (minimum wage)‡,§,|| | |||||
| Public schools | |||||
| <2·5 | 635 | 42·1 | 297 | 43·4 | 0·003 |
| ≥2·5–5·0 | 569 | 37·7 | 280 | 40·9 | |
| ≥5–10 | 226 | 15·0 | 91 | 13·3 | |
| ≥10 | 79 | 5·2 | 17 | 2·4 | |
| Private schools | |||||
| <2·5 | 13 | 1·6 | 5 | 1·3 | 0·001 |
| ≥2·5–5·0 | 52 | 6·6 | 24 | 7·5 | |
| ≥5–10 | 147 | 18·8 | 56 | 17·3 | |
| ≥10 | 572 | 73·0 | 239 | 73·9 | |
†
P values from χ 2 test.
‡
1 minimum wage=$US 64 ($BR 200); September 2002 exchange rate.
§
1 minimum wage=$US 204·30 ($BR 380); September 2007 exchange rate.
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Missing monthly income data: 2002 (21·9 %); 2007 (18·1 %).