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

Table 3. Total Fertility Rates from the “Zika in Fortaleza” cohort according to their socioeconomic status and educational attainment.

Variable (n=1,497) 2013-2014 2015-2016 2017-2018 p-value
TFR 95%CI TFR 95%CI TFR 95%CI
Educational attainment
Complete elementary school or higher 1.9 1.6-2.2 2.5 2.1-2.8 3.4 3.0-3.8 <0.001
Incomplete elementary school 4.2 2.9-5.5 3.2 2.6-4 3.9 3.2-4.6
Socioeconomic status
High (A-B and C) 2.4 1.9-2.8 2.4 2.1-2.8 3.4 3.1-3.8 <0.001
Low (D and E) 3.5 1.6-5.5 3.8 2.9-4.6 4.1 3.2-5
Race or skin color
White 1.5 0.8-2.1 2.4 1.5-3.3 3.9 2.9-5 0.310
Non-white 2.8 2.1-3.4 2.7 2.3-3 3.5 3.1-3.8
Bolsa Família program
Not a beneficiary 1.4 1.1-1.7 1.9 1.4-2.3 3.5 2.9-4 <0.001
Beneficiary 3.5 2.6-4.3 3.3 2.8-3.8 3.6 3.1-4
Household food insecurity
No 1.9 1.5-2.2 2.3 1.8-2.8 3.6 3.0-4.1 <0.001
Yes 3.2 2.3-4.0 3.2 2.6-3.7 4.2 3.6-4.8
Loss to follow-up 2.2 1.6-2.8 2.2 1.6-2.7 2.3 1.7-2.9
Household residents
Three or less 1.6 1.3-2 2.4 1.9-2.8 3.3 2.8-3.8 <0.001
Four or more 3.4 2.5-4.2 2.9 2.4-3.3 3.7 3.2-4.1
Poverty situation
Yes 3.4 2.3-4.5 4.2 3.2-5.2 4.9 3.9-5.8 <0.001
No 2.3 1.7-2.9 2.2 1.9-2.6 3.6 3.1-3.9
Water Storage
Yes 2.7 2.1-3.3 3.1 2.5-3.8 3.5 3.1-3.9 <0.001
No 2.5 1.8-3.2 2.5 2.1-2.8 3.60 2.9-4.3
Used a condom in the last sexual intercourse
Yes 3.5 1.8-5.3 2.6 1.9-3.3 3.10 2.5-3.7 <0.001
No 2.2 1.9-2.5 2.7 2.3-3.0 3.66 3.2-4.1
Wanted to get pregnant
No 3.3 2.3-4.3 2.2 1.8-2.5 2.79 2.4-3.2 <0.001
Yes 1.7 1.3-2.0 3.3 2.7-3.9 4.80 4.2-5.5
TFR 2.6 2.1-3.1 2.6 2.3-3 3.52 3.2-3.9 <0.001

TFR: Total Fertility Rates; 95%CI: 95% confidence intervals.