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. 2022 Aug 29;31(2):e2022112. doi: 10.1590/S1679-49742022000200023

Table 1. - Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics according to SARS-CoV-2 test result (N=18,791), Espírito Santo, May-June/2020 .

Variable Total Test result p-valuea
Reactive Non-reactive
n % n % n %
Sex
Female 11,715 62.4 761 6.5 10,954 93.5 0.005
Male 7,071 37.6 387 5.5 6,684 94.5
Age group (in years)
≤ 20 1,298 6.9 75 5.8 1,223 94.2 0.028
21-40 5,638 30.1 373 6.6 5,265 93.4
41-60 6,598 35.1 424 6.4 6,174 93.6
61-80 4,648 24.7 247 5.3 4,401 94.7
≥ 81 604 3.2 29 4.8 575 95.2
Race/skin color
White 7,291 39.1 371 5.1 6,920 94.9 0.001
Mixed race 8,475 45.4 542 6.4 7,933 93.6
Black 2,650 14.2 208 7.8 2,442 92.2
Asian 183 1.0 14 7.7 169 92.3
Indigenous 49 0.3 3 6.1 46 93.9
Years of study
Illiterate 662 3.6 33 5.0 629 95.0 0.089
≤ 8 6,840 36.9 451 6.6 6,389 93.4
≥ 9 11,050 59.5 655 5.9 10,395 94.1
Number of residents in the household
1 2,190 11.7 88 4.0 2,102 96.0 0.001
2 5,064 27.0 251 5.0 4,813 95.0
3 5,012 26.6 299 6.0 4,713 94.0
4 3,812 20.3 263 6.9 3,549 93.1
≥ 5 2,706 14.4 247 9.1 2,459 90.9
Highest level of schooling in the household
Illiterate 375 2.0 15 4.0 360 96.0 0.001
Elementary education 4,608 24.5 286 6.2 4,322 93.8
High school education 7,720 41.1 568 7.4 7,152 92.6
Complete higher education 4,735 25.2 200 4.2 4,535 95.8
Incomplete higher education 1,348 7.2 79 5.9 1,269 94.1
Number of symptoms
None 11,515 61.2 349 3.0 11,166 97.0 0.001
1 2,999 16.0 165 5.5 2,834 94.5
2 1,573 8.4 125 7.9 1,448 92.1
3 901 4.8 103 11.4 798 88.6
4 1,798 9.6 406 22.6 1,392 77.4
Went to a health center
No 15,512 82.6 735 4.7 14,777 95.3 0.001
Yes 3,274 17.4 413 12.6 2,861 87.4

a) Pearson’s chi-square test.