Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for sample of children age 10–16, Brazil, 2006

Variables	Total	Mother’s age at first birth ≤ 19	Mother’s age at first birth ≥ 20
Maternal age at first birth
16 or younger	0.16	0.42
17	0.10	0.24
18–19	0.23	0.33
20 or older	0.51
Female	0.49	0.49	0.50
Age in years	12.79 (1.97)	12.74 (1.96)	12.84 (1.98)
Mother’s race		0.29	0.39
White	0.34	0.29	0.39
Black	0.10	0.13	0.08
Parda	0.51	0.54	0.49
Other race	0.02	0.02	0.02
Mother’s years of education	6.24 (3.73)	5.35 (3.48)	7.08 (3.77)
Log of family income	5.95 (1.92)	5.75 (1.85)	6.14 (1.97)
Household structure
Two parents only	0.72	0.71	0.72
Two parents and other relatives	0.13	0.15	0.11
Mother only	0.11	0.10	0.11
Mother and other relatives	0.04	0.04	0.04
Urban	0.65	0.61	0.69
Region
North	0.40	0.46	0.35
South	0.40	0.34	0.46
Midwest	0.20	0.20	0.19
Education outcomes
Age-grade disparity	0.39	0.47	0.32
N	5,715	2,788	2,927

Source: PNDS (DHS) Brazil 2006.

Note: Mean or proportion shown. Standard deviations in parentheses.