Characteristics of the Brazilian adolescents assessed by the National Survey of Health among ninth-grade students—PeNSE, 2012
| Variables | Per cent |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Female | 52.2 |
| Male | 47.8 |
| Age | |
| 13 years or less | 22.9 |
| 14–15 years | 63.9 |
| 16 years or more | 13.2 |
| Maternal education | |
| Incomplete middle school | 41.8 |
| Complete middle school | 18.0 |
| Complete high school | 29.1 |
| Complete higher education | 11.1 |
| Geographic region | |
| Less developed | 33.2 |
| More developed | 66.8 |
| Administrative status | |
| Private | 17.2 |
| Public | 83.8 |