Table 2. Maternal and family characteristics of children up to 24 months old, by social strata, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, 2021-2022 (n = 456).
| Characteristics | Social strata (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (n = 115) | B (n = 114) | C (n = 113) | D (n = 114) | p-value a | |
| Maternal age group (in years) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Under 20 | 1.0 | 21.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | |
| 20-34 | 29.0 | 44.4 | 71.9 | 76.1 | |
| 35 or over | 70.0 | 33.8 | 25.9 | 21.5 | |
| Schooling (in years) | < 0.003 | ||||
| Up to 8 | 1.0 | 33.1 | 15.6 | 36.2 | |
| 9-12 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 16.5 | 22.4 | |
| 13-15 | 13.6 | 25.1 | 49.0 | 30.3 | |
| 16 or over | 82.3 | 39.3 | 17.9 | 9.3 | |
| Race/skin color | < 0.032 | ||||
| White | 85.8 | 57.9 | 70.0 | 39.0 | |
| Black | 2.4 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 12.0 | |
| Mixed race | 4.4 | 38.9 | 17.3 | 47.0 | |
| Asian | 7.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
| Indigenous | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| Montdly income bracket | < 0.003 | ||||
| Up to BRL 300 | 1.0 | 34.8 | 20.0 | 45.2 | |
| BRL 300 - BRL 1.000 | 14.4 | 28.7 | 52.0 | 45.3 | |
| BRL 1.000 - BRL 3.000 | 44.3 | 31.5 | 12.2 | 1.5 | |
| BRL 3.000 - BRL 5.000 | 34.3 | 4.0 | 5,8 | 7.0 | |
| tdey didn’t respond | 6,0 | 1,0 | 10,0 | 1,0 | |
| Bolsa Família | < 0.023 | ||||
| Yes | 4.6 | 24.7 | 38.2 | 50.5 | |
| Family consumption level | < 0.004 | ||||
| AB | 81.4 | 52.4 | 27.3 | 6.8 | |
| CD | 18.6 | 47.6 | 72.7 | 93.2 | |
a) Chi-square test;