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. 2025 Aug 25;23(1):e20241312. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1312

Table 2.

Sociodemographic data, social benefits, and recovery in a sample of workers hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Hospital Municipal Ronaldo Gazolla from August 2021 to November 2021 (n = 1,044), stratified by worker category, Rio de Janeiro, 2023

Variable Formal
(n = 279) n (%)
Informal
(n = 389) n (%)
Unemployed
(n= 179) n (%)
Homemaker
(n = 197) n (%)
Sex Male 186 (66.7) 272 (69.9) 117 (65.4) 0.0
Female 93 (33.3) 117 (30.1) 62 (34.6) 197 (100.0)
  Age range (years)          
  18-30 35 (12.5) 29 (7.5) 28 (15.6) 6 (3.0)  
  31-50 130 (46.6) 151 (38.8) 62 (34.6) 33 (16.8)  
  > 50 Income 114 (40.9) 209 (53.7) 89 (49.7) 158 (80.2)  
  2× minimum wage or more 106 (40.9) 113 (34.8) 6 (3.5) 16 (10.0)  
  Up to 1.5× minimum wage 153 (59.1) 140 (43.1) 41 (23.8) 89 (55.6)  
  None or precarious
Social benefits
0.0 72 (22.2) 125 (72.7) 55 (34.4)  
  None 242 (86.7) 277 (71.4) 107 (59.8) 81 (41.1)  
  Auxílio Brasil 0.0 17 (4.4) 22 (12.3) 24 (12.2)  
  Auxílio Emergencial 0.0 14 (3.6) 17 (9.5) 12 (6.1)  
  Retirement 16 (5.7) 28 (7.2) 0.0 15 (7.6)  
  Pension 0.0 3 (0.8) 2 (1.1) 26 (13.2)  
  Benefício de Prestação Continuada 0.0 2 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 6 (3.0)  
  Temporary disability insurance (sickness benefits) 3 (1.1) 0.0 0.0 0.0  
  Unemployment benefits
Recovery
0.0 1 (0.3) 2 (1.1) 0.0  
  Discharge 192 (68.8) 244 (62.7) 106 (59.2) 79 (40.1)  
  Death 87 (31.2) 145 (37.3) 73 (40.8) 118 (59.9)