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Table 1 Frequency distribution by sex of self-rated health (SRH) and selected variables among 955 young adults (18–29 years). Belo Horizonte Health Study, Brazil, 2008–2009

From: Self-rated health and perceived violence in the neighborhood is heterogeneous between young women and men

Variable

Total

N(%)

Females

N (%)

Males

N (%)

Participants

955 (100)

519 (54,35)

436 (45,65)

Self-rated health

 Very good/good

779 (81,70)

413 (79,70)

366 (83,90)

 Fair/poor/very poor

175 (18,30)

105 (20,30)

70 (16,10)

 Perceived violence score

1,21- 4,85 (\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):2,23; dp:0,74)

1,21 - 4,85 (\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):2,32;dp:0,77)

1,21 - 4,65 (\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):2,14;dp:0,70)

 Time residing in the same neighborhood

(\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):13,81;dp:9,02)

(\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):13,05;dp:8,92)

(\( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \):14,72;dp:9,06)

Age (years):

 18–24

523 (54,80)

268 (51,60)

255 (58,50)

 25–29

432 (45,20)

251 (48,40)

181 (41,50)

Marital state

 Married/living together

312 (32,67)

199 (38,34)

113 (25,90)

 Single, divorced/separated

643 (67,33)

320 (61,66)

323 (74,10)

Educational level

 Able to read, primary school, 1st-4th grades not completed, 1st-4th grade completed, 5th-8th grade not completed

216 (22,64)

123 (23,70)

93 (22,20)

 5th-8th grade completed, high school not completed

483 (50,63)

261 (50,40)

222 (50,10)

 High school graduate, technical school, attended university

176 (18,45)

86 (16,60)

90 (20,60)

 University graduate, post-undergraduate studies

79 (8,28)

48 (9,30)

31 (7,10)

Socioeconomic position scorea

 1

213 (22,40)

136 (26,20)

77 (17,70)

 2

184 (19,30)

110 (21,20)

74 (17,00)

 3

185 (19,40)

89 (17,20)

96 (22,00)

 4

193 (20,30)

95 (18,30)

98 (22,50)

 5

178 (18,70)

89 (17,20)

89 (20,40)

Alcohol consumption

 Non-drinker

608 (63,67)

378 (72,80)

230 (52,70)

 Moderate consumption

111 (11,62)

56 (10,80)

55 (12,60)

 Excessive consumption

236 (24,71)

85 (16,40)

151 (34,60)

Smoking

 Yes

154 (16,10)

74(14,30)

80 (18,40)

 No

801 (83,90)

445 (85,70)

356 (81,60)

Satisfied with his/her own weight

 Yes

417 (43,70)

194 (37,38)

223 (51,20)

 No

538 (57,30)

325 (62,62)

213 (48,80)

Physical activity

 Yes

376 (39,40)

134 (25,80)

242 (55,50)

 No

579 (60,60)

385 (74,20)

194 (44,50)

Healthy diet

 Yes

314 (32,90)

185 (35,65)

129 (29,60)

 No

641 (67,10)

334 (64,35)

307 (70,40)

Chronic disease

 Yes

339 (35,53)

233 (44,89)

106 (24,37)

 No

615 (64,47)

286 (55,11)

329 (75,63)

  1. Missing data: chronic disease (n = 7), SRH (n = 1), education level (n = 1), and socioeconomic score (n = 2). a. SPS: Score ranging from 0 to 3.39; higher number of assets = higher score