Table 1 Distribution of sociodemographic variables and nutritional status according to area of residence (urban and rural) in Brazil
Variable | Area of residence | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Total | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | < 0.01 | ||||||
Male | 519 | 41.8 | 275 | 52.1 | 794 | 44.9 | |
Female | 723 | 58.2 | 253 | 47.9 | 976 | 55.1 | |
Age (years) | < 0.01 | ||||||
7 | 245 | 19.7 | 157 | 29.7 | 402 | 22.7 | |
8 | 351 | 28.3 | 141 | 26.7 | 492 | 27.8 | |
9 | 347 | 27.9 | 125 | 23.7 | 472 | 26.7 | |
10 | 299 | 24.1 | 105 | 19.9 | 404 | 22.8 | |
Skin colour | < 0.001 | ||||||
White | 414 | 34.1 | 393 | 81.5 | 807 | 47.6 | |
Non-white | 798 | 65.8 | 89 | 18.5 | 887 | 52.4 | |
Mother's education (years) | < 0.001 | ||||||
≤ 4 | 122 | 10 | 394 | 75.8 | 516 | 29.7 | |
5 to 8 | 348 | 28.6 | 32 | 6.2 | 380 | 21.9 | |
9 to 12 | 516 | 42.4 | 61 | 11.7 | 577 | 33.2 | |
≤12 | 232 | 19 | 33 | 6.3 | 265 | 15.2 | |
Socioeconomic class | |||||||
A + B | 258 | 23.6 | 20 | 4.3 | < 0.001 | 278 | 17.8 |
C | 386 | 35.3 | 267 | 57.2 | 653 | 41.8 | |
D + E | 450 | 41.1 | 180 | 38.5 | 630 | 40.4 | |
Nutritional status | < 0.01 | ||||||
Eutrophic | 950 | 76.5 | 453 | 87.1 | 1403 | 79.6 | |
Overweight | 292 | 23.5 | 67 | 12.9 | 359 | 20.4 | |