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. 2021 Aug;111(8):1542–1550. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306351

TABLE 1—

Description of the Sample in Terms of Gender, Age, Skin Color, and Schooling: The State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, April 11 to September 6, 2020

Variable Round of Data Collection, % or No.
1 (Apr 11–13) 2 (Apr 25–27) 3 (May 9–11) 4 (May 23–25) 5 (Jun 26–28) 6 (Jul 24–26) 7 (Aug 14–16) 8 (Sep 4–6)
Gender
 Male 41.7 40.6 41.1 42.1 39.5 39.9 38.1 39.1
 Female 58.3 59.4 58.9 57.9 60.5 60.1 61.9 60.9
Age, y
 0–4 1.7 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8
 5–9 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.3
 10–19 5.4 5.1 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.6
 20–39 27.5 28.3 28.0 29.2 26.0 27.5 27.4 27.4
 40–59 33.3 32.5 32.4 33.3 33.4 32.8 33.6 33.3
 60–79 25.7 28.0 26.6 26.4 28.4 27.4 27.2 27.6
 ≥ 80 4.4 3.5 4.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0
Skin colora
 White 76.5 75.8 76.0 76.7 75.9 76.4 75.9 75.8
 Brown 15.8 16.2 15.3 16.2 15.4 14.9 15.5 15.6
 Black 6.6 6.7 7.4 6.1 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.5
Schooling
 Primary or less 40.9 34.2 36.1 34.1 36.4 35.0 35.5 35.4
 Secondary 32.8 31.9 31.5 29.6 31.5 32.2 30.5 31.7
 University or higher 26.3 33.9 32.4 36.3 32.1 32.8 34.0 32.9
Sample size 4151 4460 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500
a

Because of small numbers, Indigenous and Asians were not included in the analyses.