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. 2018 Apr 20;52:47. doi: 10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000104

Table 1. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics according to inclusion in the labor market of women aged 18 to 64 years. Campinas Health Survey (2008 ISACamp).

Variable Total Working women Stay-at-home women pa
n % n % n %
Total 464 316 148
Age group (years) 0.0001
18–29 151 32.3 116 34.0 35 27.9
30–39 102 28.6 82 32.6 20 18.9
40–49 85 23.2 58 22.6 27 24.9
50–64 126 15.9 60 10.8 66 28.3
Education level (years of study) < 0.0001
0–8 198 39.2 102 30.3 96 60.9
9 or more 266 60.8 214 69.7 52 39.1
Family income per capita (MWb) 0.0001
< 1 180 38.4 106 31.5 74 55.3
≥ 1 284 61.6 210 68.5 74 44.7
Race (self-reported)c 0.4057
White 344 76.1 232 74.7 112 79.6
Black 28 6.6 24 7.9 4 3.6
Brown 88 17.3 57 17.4 31 16.8
Marital status < 0.0001
Married 220 47.8 123 41.0 97 64.1
Living together/Cohabitating 68 16.7 45 16.0 23 18.5
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 53 10.2 36 10.2 17 10.1
Single 123 25.3 112 32.8 11 7.3
Number of children < 0.0001
Zero 132 28.6 125 38.4 7 4.9
1 98 23.2 68 23.7 30 22.0
2 118 25.4 64 20.9 54 36.1
3 or more 116 22.8 59 17.0 57 37.0
Number of persons in the household 0.0584
1 to 2 122 22.2 88 25.4 34 14.6
3 to 4 213 49.6 146 49.1 67 50.6
5 or more 129 28.2 82 25.5 47 34.8
Housekeeper 0.3707
No 417 90.3 282 89.4 135 92.5
Yes 47 9.7 34 10.6 13 7.5
a

Rao-Scott chi-square test.

b

Minimum wage (MW) valid at the time of the research: January to April/2008: R$415.00; May/2008 to April/2009: R$450.00.

c

Four women who self-reported as yellow were excluded.