Table 1

Percentage distribution of women aged 15–49 according to selected background characteristics, by region, Brazil, 1996.

Region

North
 Northeast
 Southeast
 South
 Centre-West
 National
Age group





15–19
 23
 21
 19
 17
 17
 20
20–24
 18
 17
 14
 13
 16
 15
25–29
 15
 16
 15
 15
 18
 15
30–34
 14
 14
 16
 16
 15
 15
35–39
 13
 13
 14
 15
 14
 14
40–44
 11
 10
 12
 14
 11
 12
45–49
 6
 9
 10
 10
 9
 9
Marital status





Married/living together
 55
 58
 60
 66
 63
 60
Not in union
 45
 42
 40
 34
 37
 40
Number of children





0
 34
 35
 34
 30
 29
 33
1
 15
 13
 17
 19
 15
 16
2
 15
 15
 20
 23
 22
 19
3+
 36
 37
 29
 28
 34
 32
Ethnicity





White
 18
 26
 49
 68
 42
 44
Other
 82
 74
 51
 32
 58
 56
Educational attainment





No schooling
 4
 10
 3
 3
 7
 5
Primary
 27
 39
 30
 31
 32
 33
Secondary
 64
 47
 59
 58
 54
 55
Higher
 5
 4
 8
 8
 7
 7
Mass media exposure





Watches TV regularly (every week)
 89
 81
 92
 92
 87
 89
Does not watch TV
 11
 19
 8
 8
 13
 11
Place of residence





Rural
 3
 30
 11
 23
 16
 18
Urban
 97
 70
 89
 77
 84
 82
Total
 100
 100
 100
 100
 100
 100

Source: Demographic and Health Survey (N = 12,612 women).

Note: Characteristics refer to those reported at the time of the survey. Some rural areas of the North and Centre-West regions excluded from the sampling frame.

Leite and Gupta Reproductive Health 2007 4:6   doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-6

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