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. 2019 Feb 18;41(6):530–534. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0261

Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the sample.

Males (n=4,702) Females (n=10,855)
Age (years), mean ± standard deviation 28.6±9.0 28.8±9.0
Race
    Caucasian 67.4 68.4
    Mixed 24.2 23.6
    African 5.7 5.2
    Asian 0.9 1.2
    Other 1.8 1.6
Marital status
    Single 65.2 57.7
    Married 29.3 33.5
    Divorced 4.7 7.3
    Widowed 0.1 0.5
Religion
    Catholic 31.2 32.8
    Protestant 18.2 21.7
    Spiritualist 8.0 13.5
    Jewish 0.4 0.2
    Other 7.2 7.0
    No religion 35.0 24.8
Occupation
    Student 29.1 29.4
    Employed/autonomous 57.1 51.4
    Retired 0.9 0.8
    Unemployed 8.5 9.1
    Other 4.4 9.3
Education
    Elementary school 0.7 0.6
    High school degree 20.3 19.6
    University degree 21.0 24.1

Data presented as %, unless otherwise specified.