Table 1.
Characteristic of the migrants recruited for the study, Brazil, 2020 (n = 903)
| Variables | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 478 | 52.9% |
| Male | 405 | 44.9% |
| Race or color | ||
| Brown | 416 | 46.1% |
| White | 161 | 17.8% |
| Black | 154 | 17.1% |
| Indigenous | 80 | 8.9% |
| Others | 31 | 3.4% |
| Creole | 22 | 2.4% |
| Yellow | 20 | 2.2% |
| Missing | 19 | 2.1% |
| Marital Status | ||
| Single | 485 | 53.7% |
| Married/Stable Union | 339 | 37.5% |
| Divorced | 37 | 4.1% |
| Widower | 11 | 1.2% |
| Age Range | ||
| 25 to 59 years | 662 | 73.3% |
| 18 to 24 years | 182 | 20.2% |
| Over 60 years | 52 | 5.8% |
| Schooling | ||
| 9 to 11 years | 388 | 43.0% |
| 5 to 8 years | 228 | 25.2% |
| Over 11 years | 168 | 18.6% |
| Up to 5 years | 69 | 7.6% |
| Occupation | ||
| Unemployed | 501 | 55.5% |
| Informal worker | 239 | 26.5% |
| Formal worker | 79 | 8.7% |
| Never worked | 14 | 1.6% |
| Undergraduate | 11 | 1.2% |
| Worker | 8 | 0.9% |
| Retired | 7 | 0.8% |
| Vulnerability | ||
| Asylum/shelter/hostel resident | 632 | 70.0% |
| Not in a situation of vulnerability | 211 | 23.4% |
| Indigenous | 23 | 2.5% |
| Incarcerated | 3 | 0.3% |
| Homeless | 1 | 0.1% |
| Healthcare worker | 1 | 0.1% |
| Missing | 32 | 3.5% |