Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of a representative sample of 4- and 5-year-old preschool children in Embu das Artes, state of São Paulo, Brazil, and their caregivers (n=1,292).
| n | wt (%) | 95%CI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child characteristics | |||
| Preschool stage | |||
| First year | 702 | 50.5 | 50.0-51.1 |
| Second year | 590 | 49.5 | 48.9-50.0 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 4 | 409 | 29.5 | 28.6-30.3 |
| 5 | 883 | 70.5 | 69.7-71.4 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 666 | 51.8 | 50.7-52.9 |
| Female | 626 | 48.2 | 47.0-49.3 |
| Race | |||
| White | 541 | 41.5 | 40.6-42.4 |
| Non-white* | 751 | 58.5 | 57.6-59.4 |
| Participant has a religion | 1,119 | 86.8 | 86.1-87.4 |
| Religion | |||
| Protestant | 568 | 49.9 | 48.3-51.5 |
| Catholic and others† | 551 | 50.1 | 48.5-51.7 |
| Missing | 173 | 13.2 | 12.6-13.9 |
| Participant attends religious activities | 962 | 74.2 | 73.4-74.9 |
| Participant is adopted | 31 | 2.3 | 2.1-2.6 |
| Caregiver characteristics | |||
| Interviewed | |||
| Biological mother | 1,040 | 81.0 | 80.4-81.5 |
| Others‡ | 252 | 19.0 | 18.5-19.6 |
| Race | |||
| White | 385 | 29.1 | 28.1-30.1 |
| Non-white§ | 907 | 70.9 | 69.9-71.9 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 930 | 71.9 | 70.7-73.0 |
| Other|| | 362 | 28.1 | 27.0-29.3 |
| Educational attainment | |||
| Incomplete primary education | 36 | 17.5 | 16.6-18.5 |
| Incomplete secondary education | 284 | 22.0 | 20.9-23.1 |
| Complete secondary education or more | 784 | 60.5 | 59.5-61.4 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 692 | 53.4 | 52.3-54.5 |
| Unemployed | 262 | 20.7 | 19.9-21.6 |
| Housewife | 297 | 22.8 | 22.2-23.5 |
| Medical leave | 17 | 1.4 | 1.2-1.6 |
| Maternal figure is present | 1,289 | 99.8 | 99.7-99.9 |
| Paternal figure is present | 1,205 | 93.4 | 93.1-93.7 |
| Socioeconomic status¶ | |||
| High | 339 | 26.3 | 24.9-27.7 |
| Medium | 781 | 62.5 | 61.4-63.6 |
| Low | 143 | 11.2 | 10.6-11.9 |
| Missing | 29 | 2.2 | 1.9-2.5 |
95%CI = 95% confidence interval; wt (%) = weighted proportions.
*
Mixed = 588; black = 116; Asian = 36; others = 11.
†
Catholic, spiritualism, traditional African religions, had no religion (n=3).
‡
Biological father, grandparents, legal guardian, stepmother, adoptive parent.
§
Mixed = 588; black = 259; Asian = 48; others = 12.
||
Single, divorced, widowed.
¶
Criteria proposed by the Brazilian Market Research Association (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa [ABEP]), described in Tables S2 (170.7KB, pdf) (online-only supplementary material).