Table 1. Sociodemographic profile of elderly participants in Ribeirão Preto, SP and João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, 2015*.

Variable	Category	Ribeirão Preto		João Pessoa		p*†
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	91	37.9	74	30.8	0.10
	Female	149	62.1	166	69.2
Age	60 – 64	44	18.3	48	20.0	0.93
	65 – 69	45	18.8	43	17.9
	70 – 74	49	20.4	48	20.0
	75 – 79	46	19.2	40	16.7
	80 or more	56	23.3	61	25.4
Marital status‡	With partner	141	59.0	101	42.3	<0.001
	Without partner	98	41.0	138	57.7
Family arrangement§	Alone	34	14.2	18	7.5	<0.001
	With partner	71	29.6	22	9.2
	Spouse, children, son-in-law or daughter-in-law	5	2.1	38	9.2
	With children	15	6.3	21	8.8
	Elderly, children and grandchildren	20	8.3	67	28.0
	Elderly and spouse	0	0.0	3	1.3
	With other elderly people	3	1.3	2	0.8
	With grandchildren	0	0.0	3	1.3
	Non-familial arrengement	54	22.5	58	24.2
Income	Retirement	148	61.7	128	53.3	0.03
	Retirement and other sources	37	15.4	59	24.6
	Other sources	55	22.9	53	22.1

*Chi-square test; †p ≤ 0.05; ‡ §There was loss of information in the variables marital status and family arrangement of the elderly