Table 1 -. Distribution of men with AIDS according to layers 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the Model of Social Determinants of Health (N=138). Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, 2013.

Layers according to the Model of  Social Determinants of Health			n (%)
1. Individual determinants
	Age group (in years)*
		≤ 29 years old	17 (12.3)
		30-49 years old	94 (68.1)
		≥ 50 years old	27 (19.6)
	Race
		Caucasian	42 (30.4)
		Afro descendant	14 (10.2)
		Mixed	82 (59.4)
2. Proximal determinants
	Category of exposure
		Heterosexual	64 (46.4)
		Homosexual	55 (39.9)
		Bisexual	19 (13.7)
	Marital status
		Single	89 (64.5)
		Married/stable union	39 (28.2)
		Others (divorced, widowed)	10 (7.3)
	Religion
		Catholic	95 (68.8)
		No religion	10 (7.3)
		Other	33 (23.9)
	Schooling†
		Illiterate	7 (5.1)
		Middle School	39 (28.2)
		High school	38 (27.5)
		Bachelor’s degree	54 (39.2)
3. Influence of social networks
	Number of children‡
		No children	85 (61.6)
		1 – 2	37 (26.8)
		≥ 3	16 (11.6)
	Number of household members§
		1 – 2	57 (41.3)
		3 – 5	65 (47.1)
		≥ 6	16 (11.6)
	Lives with a partner
		Yes	80 (58.0)
		No	58 (42.0)
4. Intermediate determinant
	Occupation
		Has a formal occupation	98 (71.0)
		No formal occupational	21 (15.2)
		Other	19 (13.8)
	Income per capita ||
		< 1 times the minimum income	5 (3.6)
		1 - 2 times the minimum income	53 (38.4)
		> 2 times the minimum income	80 (58.0)

Mean ± standard deviation:

^*Age (40 ± 10.77);

^†Years of schooling (11± 4.99);

^‡Number of children (1 ± 1.52);

^§Number of household members (3 ± 1.82);

^||Minimum wage in 2013 in Brazil at the time of the study: R$ 678.00.