Table 1. Frequencies related to characteristics selected for older adults (50 years and over). Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), 2015–2016.

Characteristic	Women	Men	p
	%	%	%
Social participation			0.900
Yes	81.8	82.0
No	18.1	18.0
Fear of falling because of defects in sidewalks			< 0.001
Yes	60.3	43.4
No	39.7	56.6
Difficulty to cross streets			< 0.001
Yes	50.4	35.8
No	49.6	64.2
Concern about the difficulty to get on a bus, subway, or train			< 0.001
Yes	42.7	24.1
No	57.3	75.9
Perception of violence in the neighborhood			< 0.001
Non-violent	61.5	62.0
Violent	38.5	38.0
Age group (years)			0.012
50–59	45.0	51.4
60–69	30.0	28.9
70 and over	25.0	19.7
Marital status			< 0.001
Does not live with a partner	48.2	25.3
Lives with a partner	51.8	74.7
Formal education (years)			< 0.001
Did not go to school	12.1	9.2
1–4	36.3	35.0
5–8	22.1	24.2
9 or more	29.5	31.6
Socioeconomic position score (quintiles)			0.002
1 (worst)	16.4	14.1
2	20.5	17.2
3	21.2	20.0
4	20.6	24.2
5 (best)	21.3	24.5
Body mass index			< 0.001
Low weight	6.3	7.5
Adequate	28.5	33.5
Overweight	65.2	59.0
Self-rated health			0.05
Very good/Good	44.8	45.7
Fair	43.0	44.2
Poor/Very poor	12.2	10.1
Lives in an asphalted/paved street			0.05
No	11.5	10.5
Yes	88.5	89.5
Time living in the municipality (years)			0.002
< 10	6.3	7.3
10–19	6.8	7.5
20–29	10.4	11.0
30–39	16.1	17.5
40–49	15.2	17.5
50 or more	45.2	39.2

Maximum number of missing information: n = 235 for the variable of perception of violence in the neighborhood in the group of women and n = 148 for the variable of body mass index in the group of men.