Table 1 Sample size, socioeconomic and family composition variables of the Brazilian geographical macro-regions
From: Dietary availability patterns of the brazilian macro-regions
Brazil | North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Midwest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of PSUs* | 3,974 | 554 | 1,512 | 707 | 506 | 695 |
Number of households | 48,315 | 6,868 | 18,591 | 8,620 | 6,080 | 8,156 |
PSUs in rural areas | 582 | 114 | 243 | 92 | 49 | 84 |
PSUs in urban areas | 3,392 | 440 | 1,269 | 615 | 457 | 611 |
Income minimum wage** - % | ||||||
1 - 2 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
3 - 5 | 38.6 | 43.0 | 55.5 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 34.0 |
> 5 | 58.3 | 55.6 | 37.0 | 79.3 | 84.0 | 65.6 |
Education of the head of the family (%) | ||||||
Illiterate | 3.4 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
Elementary | 53.4 | 53.0 | 47.5 | 58.2 | 61.9 | 56.2 |
High school | 18.1 | 21.5 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 19.3 |
Undergraduate and graduate | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
Children per PSUs (%) | 17.9 | 21.7 | 18.1 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 17.5 |
Adolescents per PSUs (%) | 21.1 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 19.7 |
Elderly per PSUs (%) | 5.7 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.0 |