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Table 1 Household distribution of sociodemographic characteristics, by quintiles of household income. Brazil, 2008–2009

From: Medicine expenses and obesity in Brazil: an analysis based on the household budget survey

Variables

Quintiles of household income per capita (mean values)

Brazil

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Area (%)

      

 Rural

31.1

18.5

14.6

9.0

4.7

15.6

 Urban

68.9

81.5

85.4

91.0

95.3

84.4

Region (%)

      

 North and Northeast

61.4

40.2

28.3

19.0

15.8

33.0

 Mid-South

38.6

59.8

71.7

81.0

84.2

67.1

Number of dwellers in households

4.5

3.7

3.0

2.8

2.5

3.3

Proportion of children under 2 years of age in family unit (%)

6.4

4.0

2.5

1.9

1.4

3.2

Proportion of children 2–9 years of age in family unit (%)

17.2

11.2

6.9

5.6

3.7

8.9

Proportion of adolescents (10–19 years) in family unit (%)

23.0

18.1

12.3

9.7

7.5

14.1

Proportion of elderly (65 years or older) in family unit (%)

2.6

7.1

16.8

15.9

15.7

11.6

Proportion of women in family unit (%)

50.7

51.3

51.6

52.7

52.6

51.8

Monthly household income per capita (US$)

97.22

213.22

353.00

591.38

1968.82

644.70

Proportion of monthly household income per capita dedicated to monthly medicine expenses per capita (out-of-pocket expenditure) (%)

5.1

3.6

3.3

2.9

2.0

3.4