Table 1. Socioeconomic and health characteristics of the sample according to the discount card or private health insurance coverage. Area of Family Health Strategy coverage in the urban area of Pelotas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2008.

Feature		No coverage	Discount card	Health insurance	Total
		(75.6%)	(15.8%)	(11.6%)
Age (years) (n = 1,423)					p < 0.01
	0-14	288	46	30	364
	15-24	145	25	25	195
	25-44	245	41	42	328
	45-64	225	61	43	329
	65 or more	130	52	25	207
Sex (n = 1,423)					p = 0.07
	Male	509	105	66	680
	Female	524	120	99	743
Skin color or ethnicity (n = 1,419)					p = 0.05
	White, yellow or indigenous*	642	164	118	924
	Mixed or black	387	61	47	495
Quintiles of IEN (n = 1,423)					p < 0.01
	1st (poorer)	259	19	10	288
	2°	242	39	7	288
	3°	239	23	25	287
	4°	165	72	47	284
	5th (richer)	128	72	76	276
Self-reported health status (n = 1,423)					p = 0.53
	Regular or bad	352	81	50	483
	Good	681	144	115	940
Total		1,033	225	165	1,423

IEN: National Wealth Score

^*12 yellow skin and 23 indigenous persons.

p values are for testing independence between the respective characteristics and discount card or health insurance coverage.