Table 1. Simple and relative frequencies of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients who underwent videolaparoscopic tubal ligation (n = 130).
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| Age at tubal ligation | 33 (29-37)* |
| Parity (number of living children) | 3.0 (2.0-4.0)* |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 47.7% (n = 62) |
| Stable union | 34.6% (n = 45) |
| Separated, widowed or single | 17.7% (n = 23) |
| Schooling | |
| Elementary school | 63.1% (n = 82) |
| High school | 26.2% (n = 34) |
| University | 10.0% (n = 13) |
| Illiterate | 0.8% (n = 1) |
| Family income | |
| ≤ 1 minimum wage | 32.3% (n = 42) |
| 2-3 minimum wages | 30.8% (n = 40) |
| 4-5 minimum wages | 27.0% (n = 35) |
| > 5 minimum wages | 10.0% (n = 13) |
| Smoking | 22.3% (n = 29) |
| Hypertension | 19.2% (n = 25) |
| Diabetes | 2.3% (n = 3) |
| Cardiopathy | 6.2% (n = 8) |
| Deep venous thrombosis | 4.6% (n = 6) |
| Systemic lupus | 3.1% (n = 4) |
*
Value expressed as medians (25th to 75th percentiles).