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Table 1 Socio-demographic according to each group in the study

From: Feasibility of dried blood spot for hepatitis C diagnosis in vulnerable subjects and people living in remote areas from Brazil

Variable

Total population

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

(n = 1,806)

(n = 1,042)

(n = 288)

(n = 201)

(n = 275)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender*

 Female

964 (53.4)

552 (53.0)

213 (74.0)

36 (17.9)

163 (59.3)

 Male

799 (44.2)

449 (43.1)

74 (25.7)

165 (82.1)

111 (40.4)

Age (years)

33.4 ± 18.9

28.7 ± 18.9

37.2 ± 14.5

21.6 ± 3.8

54.3 ± 10.6

Years of education*

 None

21 (1.2)

11 (1.1)

5 (2.5)

5 (1.8)

 Up to 2 years

115 (6.4)

16 (1.5)

24 (8.3)

17 (8.5)

58 (21.1)

 Up to 11 years

382 (21.2)

160 (15.4)

36 (12.5)

119 (59.2)

67 (24.4)

 Up to 14 years

468 (25.9)

148 (14.2)

176 (61.1)

39 (19.4)

105 (38.2)

 More than 14 years

159 (8.8)

68 (6.5)

52 (18.1)

7 (3.5)

32 (11.6)

Monthly family income*

 Low (< US$202.10)

71 (3.9)

48 (4.6)

9 (3.1)

4 (2.0)

10 (3.6)

 Intermediate (U$202.10–606.31)

566 (31.3)

173 (16.6)

158 (54.9)

60 (29.9)

175 (63.6)

 High(> U$606.31)

338 (18.7)

130 (12.5)

117 (40.6)

19 (9.5)

72 (26.2)

  1. FIOCRUZ Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Biological Samples Panel, 2020