Table 2.
Characteristics of the Brazilian population in the different Brazilian regions, 2002–2003
| Variables | Macro‐regions of Brazil | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | North | North‐east | South‐east | South | Central West | P * | |||||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Area | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 373 | (25.3) | 96 | (33.1) | 177 | (26.8) | 45 | (22.5) | 18 | (15.3) | 37 | (17.7) | |
| Urban | 1104 | (74.7) | 194 | (66.9) | 483 | (73.2) | 318 | (77.5) | 100 | (84.7) | 172 | (82.3) | |
| Mother's education (years) | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| ≤4 | 481 | (34.4) | 101 | (37.0) | 257 | (41.3) | 58 | (30.2) | 27 | (23.7) | 38 | (19.5) | |
| 5–8 | 471 | (33.7) | 93 | (34.1) | 189 | (30.3) | 65 | (33.9) | 43 | (37.7) | 81 | (41.5) | |
| ≥9 | 445 | (31.9) | 79 | (28.9) | 177 | (28.4) | 69 | (35.9) | 44 | (38.6) | 76 | (39.0) | |
| Children <5 years | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 804 | (54.4) | 132 | (45.5) | 336 | (50.9) | 129 | (64.5) | 93 | (78.8) | 114 | (54.5) | |
| 2 | 496 | (33.6) | 113 | (39.0) | 232 | (35.2) | 57 | (28.5) | 20 | (16.9) | 74 | (35.5) | |
| ≥3 | 177 | (12.0) | 45 | (15.5) | 82 | (13.9) | 14 | (7.0) | 5 | (4.3) | 21 | (10.0) | |
| Nursery | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| No | 560 | (37.9) | 119 | (41.0) | 288 | (43.6) | 71 | (35.5) | 35 | (29.7) | 47 | (22.5) | |
| Yes | 917 | (62.1) | 171 | (59.0) | 372 | (56.4) | 129 | (64.5) | 83 | (70.3) | 162 | (77.5) | |
| Number of residents | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| 1–3 | 342 | (23.2) | 49 | (16.9) | 155 | (23.5) | 55 | (27.5) | 34 | (28.8) | 49 | (23.4) | |
| 4–5 | 659 | (44.6) | 136 | (46.9) | 259 | (39.2) | 95 | (47.5) | 60 | (50.8) | 109 | (52.2) | |
| ≥6 | 476 | (32.2) | 105 | (36.2) | 246 | (37.3) | 50 | (25.0) | 24 | (20.4) | 51 | (24.4) | |
| Mother's age (years) | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| <20 | 359 | (26.1) | 78 | (28.7) | 166 | (26.9) | 41 | (21.9) | 21 | (18.8) | 53 | (27.6) | |
| 20–25 | 330 | (23.9) | 65 | (24.0) | 158 | (25.6) | 37 | (19.8) | 21 | (18.8) | 49 | (25.5) | |
| 26–30 | 324 | (23.5) | 69 | (25.5) | 137 | (22.2) | 51 | (27.3) | 24 | (21.4) | 43 | (22.4) | |
| >30 | 365 | (26.5) | 59 | (21.8) | 155 | (25.3) | 58 | (31.0) | 46 | (41.0) | 47 | (24.5) | |
| Income | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| 1st quartile | 378 | (25.6) | 64 | (22.1) | 245 | (37.1) | 34 | (17.0) | 6 | (5.1) | 29 | (13.9) | |
| 2nd quartile | 406 | (27.5) | 100 | (34.5) | 186 | (28.2) | 43 | (21.5) | 21 | (17.8) | 56 | (26.8) | |
| 3rd quartile | 326 | (22.1) | 69 | (23.7) | 111 | (16.8) | 54 | (27.0) | 40 | (33.9) | 52 | (24.9) | |
| 4th quartile | 367 | (24.8) | 57 | (19.7) | 118 | (17.9) | 69 | (34.5) | 51 | (43.2) | 72 | (34.4) | |
| Ethnic group | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| White | 563 | (38.4) | 78 | (26.8) | 193 | (30.3) | 105 | (52.1) | 102 | (82.5) | 85 | (41.5) | |
| Black | 104 | (5.5) | 12 | (2.9) | 42 | (5.9) | 20 | (7.8) | 14 | (5.3) | 16 | (5.7) | |
| Mixed race | 810 | (56.1) | 200 | (70.3) | 399 | (63.8) | 80 | (40.1) | 20 | (12.2) | 111 | (52.8) | |
*
P‐values by chi‐square test.