Minor psychiatric disorders among Brazilian ragpickers: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Demographic characteristics and living conditions of ragpickers and non-ragpickers (n = 881).

VARIABLE	RAGPICKERS %	NON-RAGPICKERS %	P value
Age (Years)*			0.60
18 to 29 years old	31.3	28.0
30 to 39 years old	26.8	28.6
40 to 49 years old	24.0	25.5
50 to 59 years old	11.1	12.7
60 to 69 years old	6.8	5.2
Gender*			0.90
Male	62.6	62.9
Female	37.4	37.1
Skin color			<0.001
White	53.1	67.0
Non white	46.9	33.0
Elementary education (Years)*			0.01
< 1	23.1	15.2
1 to 4 years	45.1	50.0
5 to 8 years	31.8	34.8
Running water at home			<0.001
No	15.2	5.0
Yes	84.8	95.0
Electricity at home			0.01
No	10.4	5.9
Yes	89.6	94.1
Toilet at home			<0.001
No	18.6	3.2
Yes	81.4	96.8
House build materials			<0.001
Bricks	46.0	74.5
Poor wood, plastic, cardboard	54.0	25.5

* matching variable; differences between ragpickers and non-ragpickers are those that remained after matching, and after dropping 35 subjects with > 8 years of schooling

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