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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Mar 13;67(8):868–874. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.60

Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of persons who snack and by degree of snacking

Degree of Snacking, % (SE)
Sample size Percent who
snack, %
(SE)
Number of
Snacks, n/d
(SE)
Non-
snacker
(0 times/d)

Light snacker
(1-2 times/d)
Heavy
snacker
(≥3 times/d)
Sample size, n (%) -- 24239 (73.9) -- 9674 (26.0) 17244 (51.4) 6995 (22.5)
Brazil (Total) 34 003 74.0 (0.5) 1.6 (0.02) 26.0 (0.5) 51.5 (0.5) 22.5 (0.5)
Gender
Female 18 303 76.9 (0.6) 1.6 (0.02) 23.1 (0.6) 52.7 (0.7) 24.2 (0.6)
Male 15 700 70.9 (0.7) 1.4 (0.02) 29.1 (0.7) 50.2 (0.7) 20.7 (0.6)
Age (y)
10-18 6 939 78.7 (0.9) 1.6 (0.03) 21.3 (0.9) 53.2 (1.0) 25.5 (0.9)
19-39 13 849 72.2 (0.7) 1.4 (0.02) 27.8 (0.7) 50.2 (0.7) 22.0 (0.7)
40-59 8 893 72.9 (0.8) 1.5 (0.03) 27.1 (0.8) 51.9 (0.9) 21.1 (0.8)
≥60 4 322 74.8 (1.4) 1.5 (0.04) 25.2 (1.4) 52.2 (1.4) 22.6 (1.2)
Urbanicity
Rural 8 250 71.7 (1.2) 1.4 (0.04) 28.3 (1.2) 50.5 (1.2) 21.3 (1.0)
Urban 25 753 74.5 (0.6) 1.5 (0.02) 25.5 (0.6) 51.7 (0.6) 22.8 (0.5)
Region
North 5 274 73.9 (1.1) 1.5 (0.04) 26.1 (1.1) 52.4 (1.1) 21.5 (1.0)
Northeast 12 615 66.2 (0.9) 1.3 (0.03) 33.8 (0.9) 48.2 (0.8) 18.0 (0.7)
Southeast 7 302 77.8 (1.0) 1.6 (0.03) 22.2 (1.0) 52.7 (1.0) 25.1 (0.9)
South 4 167 78.5 (1.2) 1.6 (0.04) 21.5 (1.2) 54.0 (1.3) 24.5 (1.1)
Central West 4 645 72.4 (1.2) 1.4 (0.04) 27.6 (1.2) 50.8 (1.3) 21.6 (1.1)
Years of Education
Education <8yrs 19 041 72.2 (0.7) 1.4 (0.02) 27.8 (0.7) 51.2 (0.7) 21.0 (0.6)
Education ≥8yrs 14 746 75.9 (0.7) 1.6 (0.02) 24.1 (0.7) 51.8 (0.8) 24.1 (0.7)
Per Capita Family Income
Quartile 1 10 719 66.7 (1.0) 1.2 (0.03) 33.3 (1.0) 50.0 (1.0) 16.6 (0.8)
Quartile 2 9 154 74.0 (1.0) 1.5 (0.03) 26.0 (1.0) 51.8 (1.0) 22.1 (0.9)
Quartile 3 7 727 75.7 (1.1) 1.5 (0.04) 24.3 (1.1) 52.2 (1.2) 23.5 (1.0)
Quartile 4 6 403 79.7 (1.1) 1.8 (0.04) 20.3 (1.1) 51.9 (1.2) 27.9 (1.0)
Location of consumption1
Eat-In 12 542 82.5 (0.7) 1.8 (0.03) 17.5 (0.7) 52.3 (0.8) 30.2 (0.8)
Eat-Out 21 461 68.3 (0.7) 1.3 (0.02) 31.7 (0.7) 50.9 (0.7) 17.4 (0.5)
1

Denotes whether or not the individual reported eating any food away-from-home on the day of the dietary interview. Eat In: all foods consumed were consumed at home; Eat Out: at least one eating occasion was not at home.