Cad. Saúde Pública vol.21 número5

The frequency of leisure-time physical activity was estimated and stratiied according to sociodemographic variables (gender, age, income, educational level, and marital status)

The association between categorical variables (marital status, number of children, maternal education level, employment status, income, and frequency of visits to the dentist)

partner, mother’s level of schooling, socioeconomic status, number of children younger than 5 years of age in the house- hold) in the first level, whereas the second level included

The studied variables included: sociodemographical data (age, marital status, schooling, and family income); health conditions (actual comorbidities and weight loss medication

The proto- col included a questionnaire on sociodemographic (gender, age, educational level, ethnicity, religion, marital and occu- pational status and income) and clinical data

The variables gender, race, age, age at asthma diagnosis, level of education (dichotomized into ≤ 9 years of schooling and < 9 years of schooling), family income

The independent variables included demo- graphic characteristics (gender, age, race/skin color, education level, marital status, employ- ment status in the last three

This study considered the adolescents’ family income and schooling as a proxy measure of socioeconomic conditions. The lower the income and level of schooling, the more the impact