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. 2013 Jul-Aug;88(4):554–561. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132122

TABLE 1.

Sample distribution according to the independent variables and prevalence of sunlight exposure at leisure time (beach) and at work. Adults from Pelotas, Brazil

Variables Whole sample LEISURE TIME WORK
    Exposed P value Exposed P value
    N (%)   N (%)  
Total 3136 911 29.0   732 23.3  
Age (years)       <0.001*     <0.001*
20 - 29 747 361 48.5   175 23.4  
30 - 39 611 196 32.1   186 30.4  
40 - 49 661 179 27.1   199 30.1  
50 - 59 520 100 19.2   110 21.2  
≥ 60 597 75 12.6   62 10.4  
Sex       <0.001     <0.001
Male 1378 450 32.8   547 39.8  
Female 1758 461 26.3   185 10.3  
Self-reported skin color       0.07*     0.02*
Black 338 82 24.3   97 28.7  
Brown (pardo) 227 63 27.8   57 25.1  
White 2571 766 29.8   578 22.5  
Achieved schooling (years)       <0.001*     <0.001*
0 - 4 783 99 12.6   208 26.6  
5 - 8 1005 250 24.9   295 29.4  
9 - 11 824 306 37.1   161 19.5  
≥ 12 522 256 49.0   68 13.0  
Per capita monthly family income in quartiles (U$)   <0.001*   <0.001*      
1st (0 to 70) 780 165 21.2 244 31.3    
2nd (70.1 to 133) 804 205 25.5 223 27.7    
3rd (133.1 to 267) 786 247 31.4 157 20.0    
4th (267.1 to 8889) 745 286 38.4 101 13.6    
Knowledge of any friend or relative with skin cancer       0.06     0.06
No 2602 737 28.3   626 24.1  
Yes 534 174 32.6   106 19.9  
*

Wald test for linear trend.

Wald global association test.

The denominator for exposed individuals included the whole sample