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. 2024 Aug 23;33(spe2):e20231188. doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222024v33e20231188.especial2.en

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the families, mothers and children included in the survey, by highest and lowest income strata, in Belo Horizonte and Sete Lagoas, National Vaccine Coverage Survey, Brazil, 2020.

Characteristics Belo Horizonte (%) (n = 1,866) Sete Lagoas (%) (n = 451)
Stratum A Stratum D Total Stratum A Stratum D Total
Family characteristics
Level of family consumption
High 15.3 0.3 3.0 5.2 0.0 1.1
Medium 54.8 12.0 22.1 47.9 9.5 16.5
Low 26.0 50.3 45.6 37.3 44.1 44.1
Very low 3.9 37.5 29.3 9.7 46.4 41.4
Household crowding 0.2 4.6 4.1 1.1 6.8 4.8
Bolsa família 6.8 18.2 15.1 7.3 24.9 23.8
Monthly family income
Up to BRL 1,000 4.4 30.0 21.7 5.2 25.6 24.9
BRL 1,001-3,000 11.0 43.0 37.8 34.1 56.3 46.9
BRL 3,001-8,000 21.0 13.5 20.4 22.7 7.7 11.5
Over BRL 8,000 32.4 1.6 6.1 26.8 0.0 4.4
Grandmother living together 14.9 32.2 28.1 29.8 23.9 25.4
Maternal characteristics
Schooling
Fundamental incomplete 0.7 7.1 6.8 3.9 4.7 4.1
Complete elementary/Incomplete high school 2.9 14.9 13.0 12.4 12.9 13.2
Complete high school/Incomplete higher educ. 19.2 61.4 48.7 21.3 74.1 62.2
Complete higher educ. and above 76.5 15.0 30.2 62.4 6.1 19.1
Age group (years)
< 20 0.0 2.2 1.8 0.0 1.1 0.6
20 - 34 28.0 64.7 54.9 34.9 50.2 51.6
≥ 35 72.0 33.1 43.2 65.1 48.6 47.9
Race/skin color
White 71.1 52.5 38.8 42.6 9.8 15.6
Mixed race 20.3 32.4 40.2 5.7 20.1 16.1
Black 4.8 11.8 14.8 50.5 59.5 60.9
Asian 2.7 2.0 3.8 1.3 6.3 5.0
Indigenous 0.0 0.00 1.2 0.0 4.3 2.4
Paid work 81.9 44.4 53.5 75.4 37.0 46.9
Has a partner 86.7 68.0 70.3 77.1 73.7 68.9
Average number of children alive 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8
Child’s characteristics
Sex
Male 51.1 59.1 56.4 62.7 47.5 53.6
Female 48.9 40.9 43.6 37.3 52.5 46.4
Birth order
First 59.6 47.2 51.6 60.3 47.7 50.0
Second 33.0 33.0 32.8 25.3 39.5 34.3
Third 6.2 14.9 11.2 13.6 10.7 12.7
Fourth or more 1.3 4.9 4.2 0.9 2.2 3.1
Race/skin color
White 71.7 40.9 48.9 57.2 33.6 36.5
Mixed race 22.3 45.4 39.9 1.5 8.6 6.5
Black 4.4 11.8 9.7 40.9 44.9 50.0
Asian 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 11.1 6.1
Indigenous 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.8 0.9
Attends daycare 62.1 61.6 61.9 42.4 22.7 27.2