Table 1 |
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Sample size, socioeconomic and family composition variables of the Brazilian geographical macro-regions |
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Brazil |
North |
Northeast |
Southeast |
South |
Midwest |
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Number of PSUs* |
3,974 |
554 |
1,512 |
707 |
506 |
695 |
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Number of households |
48,315 |
6,868 |
18,591 |
8,620 |
6,080 |
8,156 |
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PSUs in rural areas |
582 |
114 |
243 |
92 |
49 |
84 |
|
PSUs in urban areas |
3,392 |
440 |
1,269 |
615 |
457 |
611 |
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Income minimum wage** - % |
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1 - 2 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
7.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
3 - 5 |
38.6 |
43.0 |
55.5 |
20.1 |
15.6 |
34.0 |
|
> 5 |
58.3 |
55.6 |
37.0 |
79.3 |
84.0 |
65.6 |
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Education of the head of the family (%) |
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Illiterate |
3.4 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
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Elementary |
53.4 |
53.0 |
47.5 |
58.2 |
61.9 |
56.2 |
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High school |
18.1 |
21.5 |
16.0 |
17.7 |
19.5 |
19.3 |
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Undergraduate and graduate |
5.0 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
7.7 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
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Children per PSUs (%) |
17.9 |
21.7 |
18.1 |
15.6 |
15.8 |
17.5 |
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Adolescents per PSUs (%) |
21.1 |
23.1 |
22.4 |
19.0 |
18.5 |
19.7 |
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Elderly per PSUs (%) |
5.7 |
3.9 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
5.0 |
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* Primary sampling unit **US$ 74.00 (Seventy-four dollars per month) |
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Nascimento et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:79 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-79 |
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