Table 4. Consumption of snacks in front of television by adolescents according to their sociodemographic characteristics and the ones of their schools. ERICA, Brazil, 2013-2014.

Variable	Consumption of snacks in front of screens
	Never		Sometimes		Almost always or always
	%	95%CI	%	95%CI	%	95%CI
Gender
Female	8.6	8.0-9.4	49.7	48.8-50.6	41.7	40.7-42.6
Male	11.0	10.2-12.0	51.4	50.0-52.7	37.6	36.2-39.0
Age (years)
12-14	9.2	8.6-9.8	49.5	48.3-50.8	41.3	40.0-42.6
15-17	10.6	9.7-11.6	51.6	50.7-52.6	37.8	36.6-38.9
Type of school
Public	9.7	9.1-10.4	49.4	48.7-50.2	40.8	40.0-41.7
Private	10.4	9.2-11.6	55.7	54.0-57.4	33.9	32.4-35.4
School shift
Morning	10.1	9.4-10.9	50.9	50.0-51.8	39.0	38.0-40.0
Afternoon	9.2	8.5-10.1	49.7	48.4-51.2	41.0	39.5-42.6
Geographical region
North	15.5	14.5-16.5	53.6	52.2-55.0	30.9	29.6-32.3
Northeast	9.6	8.8-10.5	51.1	48.9-53.3	39.3	37.5-41.1
Midwest	8.8	8.1-9.6	47.2	45.3-49.0	44.0	42.1-45.9
Southeast	9.4	8.4-10.5	49.7	48.6-50.8	40.9	39.6-42.3
South	8.7	7.7-9.8	53.2	51.7-54.6	38.1	36.4-39.9
Total	9.8	9.3-10.4	50.5	49.8-51.3	39.6	38.8-40.5