Table 5.
Distribution of households by infrastructure characteristics (flooring, walls and roofing) and household goods index, by region, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009
| Characteristics studied | All regions |
Region |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Central-West | Northeast | South/Southeast | ||
|
Type of flooring |
n = 5251 |
n = 1826 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1451 |
n = 891 |
| Ceramic or cement |
46.0% |
15.8% |
41.7% |
82.4% |
53.8% |
| |
CI:44.6-47.3 |
CI:14.2-17.5 |
CI:38.8-44.7 |
CI:80.4-84.3 |
CI:50.5-57.0 |
| Wood |
23.1% |
55.6% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
22.1% |
| |
CI:22.0-24.3 |
CI:53.3-57.9 |
CI:0.0-0.3 |
CI:0.0-0.2 |
CI:19.4-24.8 |
| Dirt |
30.9% |
28.6% |
58.2% |
17.6% |
24.1% |
| |
CI:29.6-32.1 |
CI:26.5-30.7 |
CI:55.2-61.1 |
CI:15.6-19.5 |
CI:21.3-26.9 |
|
Type of walls |
n = 5270 |
n = 1832 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1462 |
n = 893 |
| Brick |
41.8% |
10.5% |
45.3% |
76.5% |
44.8% |
| |
CI:40.4-43.1 |
CI:9.1-11.9 |
CI:42.4-48.3 |
CI:74.3-78.6 |
CI:41.5-48.1 |
| Wood |
32.4% |
64.0% |
21.5% |
1.3% |
31.9% |
| |
CI:31.2-33.7 |
CI:61.8-66.2 |
CI:19.1-24.0 |
CI:0.7-1.9 |
CI:28.9-35.0 |
| Thatch or mud |
16.8% |
22.7% |
8.3% |
20.0% |
9.9% |
| |
CI:15.8-17.8 |
CI:20.8-24.6 |
CI:6.7-10.0 |
CI:18.0-22.1 |
CI:7.9-11.8 |
| Canvas, plastic, or other |
9.0% |
2.8% |
24.8% |
2.2% |
13.4% |
| |
CI:8.2-9.7 |
CI:2.0-3.5 |
CI:22.3-27.4 |
CI:1.4-2.9 |
CI:11.2-15.7 |
|
Type of roofing |
n = 5273 |
n = 1832 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1463 |
n = 895 |
| Clay tiles |
36.9% |
1.0% |
22.4% |
81.3% |
55.5% |
| |
CI:35.6-38.2 |
CI:0.5-1.4 |
CI:19.9-24.9 |
CI:79.3-83.3 |
CI:52.3-58.8 |
| Corrugated zinc/asbestos sheets |
36.9% |
52.6% |
46.2% |
8.6% |
39.8% |
| |
CI:35.6-38.2 |
CI:50.3-55.0 |
CI:43.2-49.1 |
CI:7.2-10.1 |
CI:36.6-43.0 |
| Wood or thatch |
25.4% |
46.3% |
30.2% |
9.8% |
2.6% |
| |
CI:24.3-26.6 |
CI:44.0-48.6 |
CI:27.5-32.9 |
CI:8.3-11.3 |
CI:1.5-3.6 |
| Canvas, plastic, or other |
0.7% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
0.3% |
2.1% |
| |
CI:0.5-1.0 |
CI:0.0-0.3 |
CI:0.6-1.8 |
CI:0.0-0.5 |
CI:1.2-3.1 |
|
Household goods index |
n = 5283 |
n = 1839 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1464 |
n = 897 |
| 1º Tercile |
33.4% |
50.8% |
38.4% |
14.6% |
22.2% |
| |
CI:32.1-34.7 |
CI:48.6-53.1 |
CI:35.5-41.3 |
CI:12.8-16.4 |
CI:19.5-24.9 |
| 2º Tercile |
33.2% |
33.6% |
33.8% |
34.9% |
29.1% |
| |
CI:31.9-34.5 |
CI:31.4-35.7 |
CI:31.0-36.6 |
CI:32.5-37.3 |
CI:26.1-32.1 |
| 3º Tercile |
33.4% |
15.6% |
27.8% |
50.5% |
48.7% |
| CI:32.1-34.7 | CI:13.9-17.3 | CI:25.1-30.5 | CI:47.9-53.0 | CI:45.4-52.0 | |
CI: 95% confidence interval.