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. 2013 Nov 20;13:1085. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1085

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of study participants by gender

Variables
Total (n= 1,720)
Male (n= 761)
Female (n= 959)
Individual level (n = 1,720) %/ mean %/ mean %/ mean
Gender
 
 
 
 Male
44.5
 
 
 Female
55.5
 
 
Race/Skin color
 
 
 
 White
89.9
88.5
91.0
 Brown
5.7
7.5
4.2
 Black
4.4
4.0
4.8
Age (years)
38.1
37.2
38.1
Age bands (years)
 
 
 
 20 - 29
32.7
34.8
31.0
 30 - 39
22.9
22.8
22.9
 40 - 49
25.0
23.7
26.0
 50 - 59
19.4
18.6
20.1
Length neighborhood residence time (years)
13.4
13.0
13.7
Tertiles of neighborhood residence time
 
 
 
 0 - 5 yrs
37.4
39.3
36.0
 5.01 - 16.5 yrs
29.7
30.2
29.4
 16.51 - 59 yrs
32.8
30.5
34.7
Family per capita income (R$ reais)
1,433.0
1,627.1
1,336.3
Tertile of family per capita income
 
 
 
 Lower (0–566.9)
32.6
29.9
34.7
Intermediate (567,0 - 1,300.1)
33.3
34.4
32.4
 Higher (1,301.0 - 33,333.3)
34.1
35.7
32.9
 Number of years of educational attainment (years)
11.7
11.7
11.6
Educational attainment (years)
 
 
 
 0-4
8.8
8.8
8.7
 5-8
14.0
13.7
14.2
 9-11
33.4
34.5
32.5
 12 and more
43.9
43.0
44.6
Occupational status
 
 
 
 Non Manual
65.1
60.2
69.0
 Manual
27.6
32.2
23.9
 Others
7.3
7.6
7.1
Census tract level (n = 63)
 
 
 
Household per capita income (R$)
1,503.0
1,476.8
1,524.0
Income
 
 
 
 Lower (314.8 – 953.7)
33.2
33.2
33.3
 Intermediate (953.8 – 1,592.5)
35.6
37.9
33.7
 Higher (1,592.6 – 5,057.8) 31.2 28.9 33.0

Florianopolis, Brazil, 2009.