Table 2 Characteristics of study participants in an online survey on COVID-19, Brazil, April 2020
Characteristics | N = 23,896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | |||
Age in years | |||
Median (Q1-Q3) | 48 (37–58) | ||
Range | 18–89 | ||
Categorical variables | N | % | |
Age group | 18–25 years | 1652 | 6.9 |
26–65 years | 20,109 | 84.2 | |
> 65 years | 2135 | 8.9 | |
Gender | Male | 6741 | 28.2 |
Female | 17,155 | 71.8 | |
Brazilian region of residence | North | 299 | 1.3 |
Northeast | 2315 | 9.7 | |
Central-West | 2489 | 10.4 | |
Southeast | 13,447 | 56.3 | |
South | 3428 | 14.3 | |
Not answered / missing data | 1918 | 8.0 | |
Nationality | Brazilian | 23,746 | 99.4 |
Foreign | 150 | 0.6 | |
Highest educational level | I didn’t complete elementary school | 1 | 0.0 |
Primary School | 99 | 0.4 | |
Secondary School | 2437 | 10.2 | |
University Undergraduate degree holder | 7604 | 31.8 | |
University Postgraduate degree holder | 13,755 | 57.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 5876 | 24.6 |
Legally married | 12,167 | 50.9 | |
Cohabitation | 2556 | 10.7 | |
Divorced | 2713 | 11.4 | |
Widow/widower | 584 | 2.4 | |
Residential setting | Downtown area | 13,046 | 54.6 |
Suburb area | 4531 | 19.0 | |
Rural area/village | 631 | 2.6 | |
Popular neighborhoods | 5688 | 23.8 | |