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Table 1 Characteristic of the migrants recruited for the study, Brazil, 2020 (n = 903)

From: Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)

Variables

n

%

Gender

 Female

478

52.9%

 Male

405

44.9%

Race or color

 Brown

416

46.1%

 White

161

17.8%

 Black

154

17.1%

 Indigenous

80

8.9%

 Others

31

3.4%

 Creole

22

2.4%

 Yellow

20

2.2%

 Missing

19

2.1%

Marital Status

 Single

485

53.7%

 Married/Stable Union

339

37.5%

 Divorced

37

4.1%

 Widower

11

1.2%

Age Range

 25 to 59 years

662

73.3%

 18 to 24 years

182

20.2%

 Over 60 years

52

5.8%

Schooling

 9 to 11 years

388

43.0%

 5 to 8 years

228

25.2%

 Over 11 years

168

18.6%

 Up to 5 years

69

7.6%

Occupation

 Unemployed

501

55.5%

 Informal worker

239

26.5%

 Formal worker

79

8.7%

 Never worked

14

1.6%

 Undergraduate

11

1.2%

 Worker

8

0.9%

 Retired

7

0.8%

Vulnerability

 Asylum/shelter/hostel resident

632

70.0%

 Not in a situation of vulnerability

211

23.4%

 Indigenous

23

2.5%

 Incarcerated

3

0.3%

 Homeless

1

0.1%

 Healthcare worker

1

0.1%

 Missing

32

3.5%