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.
Subjects < 20 years were excluded.
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.