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. 2016 May 10;9:137–144. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S101283

Table 1.

Characteristics of the samples of the bank employees

Characteristics Male
Female
Total
P-value
n % n % N %
Age 0.002
<50 years old 165 76.0 171 87.7 336 81.6
≥50 years old 52 24.0 24 12.3 76 18.4
Education 0.176
Until high school 58 26.7 41 21.0 99 24.0
Higher education 159 73.3 154 79.0 313 76.0
Race/color 0.605
White 127 58.5 119 61 246 59.7
Non-white* 90 41.5 76 39 166 40.3
Marital status** 0.0001
Living with life partner 157 72.4 103 53.1 260 63.3
Not living with life partner§ 60 27.6 91 46.9 151 36.7
Socioeconomic class 0.712
A/B 123 56.7 107 54.9 230 55.8
C/D 84 43.3 88 45.1 182 44.2
Working hours 0.484
<6 hours/day 85 39.2 83 42.6 168 40.8
≥8 hours/day 132 60.8 112 57.4 244 59.2
Alcohol consumption 0.0001
Drinks or has drunk in the past 174 80.2 117 60.0 291 70.6
Does not drink 43 19.8 78 40.0 121 29.4
Tobacco use 0.002
Smokes or has smoked in the past 85 39.2 48 24.7 133 32.4
Does not smoke 132 60.8 146 75.3 278 67.6
Physical activity 0.658
Active 111 51.2 104 53.3 215 52.2
Inactive 106 48.8 91 46.7 197 47.8

Notes: Chi-square test; n=412;

*

non-white individuals included those of indigenous race and those with black, brown, or yellow skin color;

**

N=411;

lives with partner – married or not;

§

does not live with a partner – single, separated, divorced, or widowed.

Socioeconomic class is classified on a scale ranging from A (highest) to E (lowest) using the Economic Classification Criterion of Brazil, which assesses the presence and quantity of some household items and the level of education of the head of the household. Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.