Table 3.

Distribution of socioeconomic and demographic variables. Pelotas, Southern Brazil, 1982 to 2004-5.

Variable	Total		Men		Women
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Subject's skin color (2004-5)	4,296		2,213		2,083
White	3,238	75.4	1,658	74.9	1,580	75.9
Black or Mixed	908	21.1	471	21.3	437	21.0
Asian or Indigenous	150	3.5	84	3.8	66	3.2
Maternal schooling (years) (1982)	5,907		3,032		2,874
0 to 4	1,960	33.2	1,008	33.2	952	33.1
5 to 8	2,454	41.5	1,288	42.5	1,166	40.6
9 to 11	654	11.1	330	10.9	324	11.3
≥12	839	14.2	406	13.4	432	15.0
Paternal schooling (years) (1984)	4,682		2,398		2,284
0 to 4	1,315	28.1	676	28.2	639	28.0
5 to 8	2,069	44.2	1071	44.7	998	43.7
9 to 11	577	12.3	305	12.7	272	11.9
≥12	721	15.4	346	14.4	375	16.4
Family income-1982 (MW)	5,885		3,024		2,770
≤1	1,288	21.9	666	22.0	622	21.7
1.1 to 3	2,789	47.4	1,463	48.4	1,325	46.3
3.1 to 6	1,091	18.5	544	18.0	547	19.1
6.1 to 10	382	6.5	184	6.1	198	6.9
>10	335	5.7	167	5.5	168	5.9
Change in income (1982 → 2004-5)	4,296		2,213		2,083
Always poor	708	16.5	335	15.1	373	17.9
Non-poor → poor	714	16.6	340	15.4	374	18.0
Poor → non-poor	665	15.5	360	16.3	305	14.6
Never poor	2,209	51.4	1,178	53.2	1,031	49.5
Total	5,913	100.0	3,037	51.4	2,876	48.6

MW: Monthly minimum wage