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. 2020 Oct 29;44:e135. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2020.135

TABLE 1. Distribution of the study sample according to socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

 

Study sample

Brazilian population 2019 (%)

Number

%

Region

 

 

 

 North

16 013

17.9

8.8

 Northeast

26 809

29.9

27.2

 Southeast

21 860

24.5

42.1

 South

14 888

16.7

14.3

 Center-West

9 792

11.0

7.8

Sex

 

 

 

 Male

37 309

41.8

51.7

 Female

52 053

58.2

48.3

Age (years) ≤ 9

 

 

 

 10 – 19

4 263

4.8

12.9

 20 – 39

8 024

9.0

15.3

 40 – 59

28 402

31.7

24.8

 60+

21 188

23.7

13.7

Color / ethnicity

 

 

 

 White

32 383

37.0

45.2

 Brown

40 088

45.9

45.1

 Black

11 304

12.9

8.9

 Asian

2 446

2.8

0.5

 Indigenous

1 219

1.4

0.4

Schooling (in years)a

 

 

 

 ≤ 4

14 128

19.4

 

 5 – 8

13 208

18.2

 

 9 – 11

28 315

39.0

 

 ≥ 12

17 013

23.4

 

Wealth quintiles

 

 

 

 Poorest

20 976

23.5

 

 2nd

16 560

18.5

 

 3rd

17 325

19.4

 

 4th

17 262

19.3

 

 Richest

17 230

19.3

 

Total

89 362b

 

Source: prepared by authors from the results.

a

Subjects < 20 years were excluded.

b

For Color/ethnicity, the total does not sum to 89 362 because of missing data (n=1 922), and for wealth quintiles information was missing for 9 subjects. For schooling, information was missing for 4 411 subjects.