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Table 1 Sociodemographic characterization of the sample of institutionalized and community older adults

From: Association between sleep quality and depression among institutionalized and community older people - Brazilian Western Amazonia

 

Institutionalized (n = 45)

Community (n = 175)

p-value

Median

Percentile 25

Percentile 75

Median

Percentile 25

Percentile 75

Age

76

67.5

83

69

64.75

77.25

0.011a

Sex

 Female

33.3% (16)

69.1% (121)

0.001c

 Male

66.7% (31)

30.9% (54)

Marital status

 Married

6.7% (3)

29.7% (52)

< 0.001b

 Consensual union

6.7% (3)

8.6% (16)

 Single

35.6% (17)

13.1% (24)

 Divorced or separated

28.9% (14)

8.6% (16)

 Widow/widower

22.2% (10)

39.4% (69)

Education

 Never attended school

51.1% (24)

47.1% (86)

0.814b

 Reads and writes own name

33.3% (16)

39.4% (69)

 1 to 4 years

11.1% (5)

6.9% (13)

 5 to 8 years

4.4% (2)

4.6% (8)

Skin color

 White

26.7% (13)

12.6% (23)

0.153b

 Yellow

0

2.3% (4)

 Pardod

64.4% (30)

72.6% (127)

 Indigenous origin

0

1.1% (2)

 Black

8.9% (4)

11.4% (21)

  1. aMann-Whitney test; b Chi-square test, cFisher’s Exact test d In Brazil, Pardo is an ethnicity/color category used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in Brazilian censuses. It is a Portuguese word that encompasses various shades of brown, but is usually translated as “grayish-brown”