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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample from the Brazilian National School Health Survey (PeNSE), Brazil

From: Health-risk behavior differences between boarding and non-resident students: Brazilian adolescent National School Health Survey

Variables

Total N (%)

Boarding Students %

Non-residents %

Chi-Square p-value

Region (n = 101,788)

 North

23,857 (23.4)

27.4

23.3

< .001

 Northeast

36,232 (35.6)

34.9

35.6

 

 Southeast

17,732 (17.4)

14.8

17.5

 

 Midwest

14,144 (13.9)

15.6

13.8

 

 South

9823 (9.7)

7.3

9.7

 

Municipality (n = 101,788)

 Non-capital

50,725 (49.8)

55,5

49,6

< .001

 Capital

51,063 (50.2)

44,5

50,4

 

School (n = 101,788)

 Public

80,905 (79.5)

87.5

79.2

< .001

 Private

20,883 (20.5)

12.5

20.8

 

Class shift (n = 101,378)

 Part-time

78,587 (77.5)

38.9

79

< .001

 Full-time (≥ 7 h per day)

22,791 (22.5)

61.1

21

 

Mother’s education (n = 76,477)

 None

5508 (7.2)

17.5

6.8

< .001

 Elementary Schoola

24,181 (31.6)

39.8

31.3

 

 High Schoola

24,138 (31.6)

24.2

31.8

 

 Graduatea

22,650 (29.6)

18.6

30

 

Age (years) (n = 101,788)

 11–13

17,205 (16.9)

9.8

17.2

< .001

 14

51,480 (50.6)

39.5

51

 

 15

20,802 (20.4)

27

20.2

 

 16–19

12,301 (12.1)

23.6

11.6

 

Sex (n = 101,788)

 Male

49,151 (48.3)

58.7

47.9

< .001

 Female

52,637 (51.7)

41.3

52.1

 
  1. a Complete and incomplete educational level