Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of census tract clusters of homicides and the remainder of the municipality according to variables available at census. Goiânia, Brazil.
| Census Variables | Most likely cluster* | Remainder of the clusters** | Remainder of the municipality*** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Heads of household with < 8 years of formal education | 8918 | 81.26 | 10468 | 60.22§ | 126852 | 44.78§ |
| Heads of household with ≥ 12 years of formal education | 72 | 0.66 | 924 | 5.32§ | 47270 | 16.69§ |
| Households with six or more inhabitants | 1301 | 11.86 | 1734 | 9.98§ | 23094 | 8.15§ |
| Households with garbage collection and with a public water supply system | 9618 | 87.64 | 8548 | 49.17§ | 254240 | 89.75§ |
| Owned households | 8696 | 79.24 | 9720 | 55.92§ | 153854 | 54.31§ |
| Heads of household with monthly incomes < 2 minimum wages | 5144 | 46.87 | 5332 | 30.67§ | 56547 | 19.96§ |
| Heads of household with monthly incomes > 20 minimum wages | 14 | 0.13 | 225 | 1.29§ | 20448 | 7.22§ |
| Monthly income of the heads of household (means, SD) | R$ 286.10 SD = R$41.52 | R$ 611.33† SD = R$638.60 | R$ 1117.42§ SD = R$1069.69 | |||
* total = 10,974 heads of households
** total = 17,383 heads of households
*** total = 283,290 heads of households
§ Compared with the most likely cluster, p < 0.001
SD Standard deviation
† Compared with the most likely cluster, p = 0.04