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. 2025 Aug 8;28:e250044. doi: 10.1590/1980-549720250044

Table 2. Descriptive characteristics of women between 15 and 39 years of age from the “Zika in Fortaleza” cohort, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil, 2018.

Variable n=1,497 n %
Age group, years (n=1,497)
15-19 310 20.7
20-24 418 27.9
25-29 325 21.7
30-34 256 17.1
35-39 188 12.5
Educational attainment (n=1,496)
Incomplete elementary school 383 25.6
Complete elementary school or higher education 1,113 74.4
Race or color of skin (n=1,487)
White 170 11.4
Non-white 1,317 88.6
Socioeconomic status, ABEP criterion (n=1,497)
Higher (A, B and C) 1,267 84.6
Lower (D and E) 230 15.4
Employment situation (n=1,497)
Formal job 133 8.9
Informal job 206 13.8
Does not work or is unemployed 1,158 77.3
Beneficiary of the Bolsa Família program (n=1,497)
Not a beneficiary 674 45.0
Beneficiary 823 55.0
Number of children (n=1,497)
No children 428 28.6
One to two 869 58.0
Three or more 200 13.4
Used a condom in the last sexual intercourse (n=1,489)
Yes 474 31.8
No 1,015 68.2
Use of condom frequency (n=1,488)
Always 318 21.4
Sometimes 618 41.5
Never 552 37.1
Wanted to get pregnant (n=1,475)
Yes 562 38.1
No 913 61.9
Had abortion (n=1,493)
No 900 60.3
Yes 254 17.0
No history of pregnancy 339 22.7