Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation for age, years of schooling and possession of consumer goods according to racial classification and gender

Racial classification	Women			Men
	Age (years)	Years of schooling	Consumer goods	Age (years)	Years of schooling	Consumer goods
Race/color (IBGE)
White	42.3 (16.4)	8.1 (8.8)	5.4 (2.4)	42.8 (16.7)	8.4 (9.4)	5.5 (2.4)
Brown	40.5 (15.5)	6.4 (7.9)	4.1 (2.1)	41.6 (16.2)	6.4 (8.2)	4.0 (2.2)
Black	41.0 (16.3)	6.4 (9.5)	3.9 (2.2)	40.1 (16.1)	5.9 (7.3)	3.7 (2.1)
Total	2654	2654	2626	2074	2074	2051
Color scale
1	45.2 (16.7)	6.3 (4.9)	5.0 (2.2)	46.9 (18.9)	6.6 (5.5)	4.7 (2.1)
2	42.8 (16.8)	7.4 (8.4)	5.1 (2.5)	44.3 (17.1)	7.2 (8.3)	5.0 (2.4)
3	41.8 (16.5)	7.8 (8.0)	5.2 (2.5)	43.6 (16.4)	7.9 (9.1)	5.2 (2.5)
4	41.6 (15.9)	7.7 (8.6)	4.9 (2.4)	42.6 (16.6)	7.7 (8.7)	5.1 (2.4)
5	40.2 (15.3)	7.2 (7.7)	4.8 (2.3)	40.6 (16.1)	7.0 (6.9)	4.8 (2.3)
6	38.5 (14.7)	7.5 (9.7)	4.6 (2.4)	39.7 (15.2)	8.7 (11.7)	4.6 (2.4)
7	40.7 (15.6)	7.1 (7.8)	4.4 (2.1)	37.9 (15.4)	6.7 (4.5)	4.3 (2.2)
8	41.0 (16.0)	7.1 (10.9)	3.9 (2.3)	44.2 (17.8)	5.5 (5.0)	4.0 (2.5)
9	43.7 (16.6)	7.0 (13.6)	4.3 (2.2)	40.1 (14.6)	4.3 (5.7)	2.8 (1.9)
10	42.0 (16.3)	4.7 (3.6)	3.7 (2.0)	43.3 (17.7)	4.6 (3.6)	3.7 (1.9)
Total	2586	2586	2560	2026	2026	2003