Table 2. Estimated prevalence of body dissatisfaction according to demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and health variables for women in the 1982 Birth Cohort of Pelotas. Southern Brazil, 1982 to 2004–2005.

Variables	n	Body image perception (%)
		Smaller	Satisfied	Larger
Skin color (n=1853)		0.06a		0.30a
White	1454	14.0	27.7	58.3
Black or mixed	399	17.8	23.3	58.9
Marital status (n=1913)		0.73a		0.001a
Without a partner	1088	14.3	31.0	54.7
With a partner	825	14.9	21.0	64.1
Had children (n=1913)		<0.001a		0.37a
No	1165	11.8	30.3	57.9
Yes	748	19.0	21.0	60.0
Schooling (years) (n=1913)		<0.001b		0.32b
⩾12	381	8.4	29.4	62.2
9–11	981	13.0	28.4	58.6
5–8	428	21.7	20.8	57.5
0–4	123	21.1	25.2	53.7
Family income-2004-2005 (tertile) (n=1913)		<0.001b		0.64b
Third	606	10.4	29.5	60.1
Second	637	14.9	26.2	58.9
First	670	18.1	24.4	57.5
Work in the month prior to the interview (n=1913)		0.92a		0.78a
No	897	14.5	27.1	58.4
Yes	1016	14.7	26.2	59.1
Psychological well-being (n=1912)		0.01a		0.45a
Better	1732	13.9	27.1	59.0
Worse	180	21.7	22.2	56.1
Physical inactivity during leisure time (n=1913)		0.03a		0.17a
No	388	11.1	27.0	61.9
Yes	1525	15.5	26.5	58.0
Smoking (n=1913)		<0.001a		0.02a
No	1466	12.7	27.1	60.2
Yes	447	20.8	25.1	54.1
Minor psychiatric disorders (n=1911)		0.01a		0.05a
No	1286	13.1	29.7	57.2
Yes	625	17.4	20.7	61.9
Body mass index (n=1912)		<0.001b		<0.001b
Underweight	145	67.6	29.6	2.8
Adequate	1272	14.2	35.1	50.7
Overweight	327	0.31	5.5	94.2
Obesity	168	0	1.2	98.8

^aChi-square test.

^bLinear trend test. Italics indicate P-values.