Table 7 Distribution of principle food sources reported by indigenous households, by region, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009
Characteristics studied | All regions | Region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North | Central-West | Northeast | South/Southeast | ||
n = 5273 | n = 1832 | n = 1083 | n = 1463 | n = 895 | |
Cultivation and/or raising animals | 83.2% | 89.4% | 87.4% | 71.7% | 84.6% |
CI:82.2-84.2 | CI:87.9-90.8 | CI:85.4-89.3 | CI:69.4-74.0 | CI:82.2-87.0 | |
Hunting or fishing | 64.8% | 94.0% | 45.0% | 52.9% | 48.3% |
CI:63.5-66.0 | CI:92.9-95.1 | CI:42.0-47.9 | CI:50.3-55.5 | CI:45.0-51.5 | |
Collecting | 69.0% | 85.4% | 62.2% | 60.0% | 58.2% |
CI:67.7-70.2 | CI:83.8-87.0 | CI:59.3-65.1 | CI:57.5-62.5 | CI:55.0-61.4 | |
Purchase | 96.4% | 91.8% | 97.9% | 99.2% | 99.1% |
CI:95.8-96.9 | CI:90.6-93.1 | CI:97.0-98.7 | CI:98.8-99.7 | CI:98.5-99.7 | |
Basic food baskets | 41.1% | 3.5% | 88.6% | 30.6% | 77.8% |
CI:39.8-42.4 | CI:2.6-4.3 | CI:86.7-90.5 | CI:28.3-33.0 | CI:75.0-80.5 | |
Other donations (churches, NGOs and others) | 13.5% | 8.1% | 16.3% | 17.0% | 15.8% |
CI:12.6-14.5 | CI:6.8-9.3 | CI:14.1-18.5 | CI:15.0-18.9 | CI:13.4-18.1 | |