Table 1.
Description of the sample: Individual, School and City level characteristics in the National Survey of Schoolchildren’s Health (PENSE 2009) dataset
| Individual variables (n=59,348) | % (95% CI) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 52.76 (52.09 - 53.43) |
| Male | 47.24 (46.57- 47.91) |
| Age band | |
| <=13y | 24.53 (23.46 - 25.63) |
| 14 y | 47.19 (46.02- 48.36) |
| 15y | 18.20 (17.16 - 19.29) |
| >=16y | 10.08 (9.33- 10.88) |
| Race/color | |
| White | 40.23 (38.94 -41.53) |
| Brown or mixed-race | 39.11 (38.00 - 40.24) |
| Black | 12.83 (12.20 - 13.48) |
| Asian | 3.74 (3.45 - 4.06) |
| Native Brazilian indian | 4.10 (3.82 - 4.37) |
| Maternal Educational level | |
| Incomplete middle school | 31.70 (30.32 - 33.10) |
| Complete middle school | 16.89 (16.27 - 17.53) |
| Complete high school | 31.55 (30.33 - 32.80) |
| Complete higher education | 19.86 (18.54 -21.26) |
| Family Arrangement | |
| Two parents | 58.37 (57.42- 59.31) |
| Only one parent | 36.38 (35.54 -37.24) |
| Other | 5.25 (04.92- 05.59) |
| Victim of domestic violence | |
| None | 90.49 (89.98- 90.98) |
| Once | 5.17 (04.84 - 05.53) |
| Twice or more | 4.33 (04.01 - 04.68) |
| Nutritional Status | |
| Underweight | 2.87 (2.64 - 03.12) |
| Eutrophic | 74.00 (73.26 - 74.73) |
| Overweight | 15.93 (15.37 - 16.51) |
| Obese | 7.20 (6.86 - 07.56) |
| Bullying victim | 14.20 (13.60 -14.75 ) |
| GS score (Mean (SE)) | 12.02 (0.067) |
| School Characteristics (n=1,453) | Total % (95% C.I.) |
| Public | 75.95 (74.52 - 77.32) |
| Private | 24.05 (22.68 - 25.48) |
| Tertiles of GS score (Mean (SE)) | 11.92 (0.07) |
| Coefficient of variation of GS score (Mean (SE)) | 28.3 (0.21) |
| City Characteristics (n=27) | Total Mean (SE) |
| Per capita Income | 19,949.58 (15,157.06) |
| Homicide ratea | 37.92 (3.03) |
| GINI Index | 0.53 (0.01) |
arate per 100,000 inhabitants.
95% (CI) = 95% Confidence Intervals.