Table 2.

Individual and Family Characteristics of Adolescents Ages 12–17: Brazil, 2002–2003 and 2008–2009

	Brazil	Northern regions (NNE)	Southern regions (SSE)
Parental education (high school or more)	30.59	22.80	35.82
SD	4.32	4.26	4.11
Per capita household income	501.32	299.36	636.97
SD	836.34	612.02	913.30
Sex (% of girls)	47.32	46.66	47.58
Age	14.39	14.38	14.41
SD	1.69	1.68	1.70
Healthy food index	0.43	0.43	0.43
SD	0.32	0.32	0.32
Attends school? (% yes)	93.02	92.97	92.95
Race (% of white)	46.01	25.03	61.59
Parental obesity
None is overweight/obese	26.11	30.75	22.78
Only father overweight/obese	23.43	20.34	25.26
Only mother overweight/obese	22.38	24.2	21.57
Both overweight/obese	28.07	24.71	30.39
Region of residence *
North and Northeast	39.04
South and Southeast	54.46
Midwest	6.50
N	27,123	15,539	7,903

Source: 2003 and 2008 POF.

^*The percentage of those in Southern regions is larger than Northern regions due to the use of sample weights.