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Table 1 Socio-demographic data of the District of Ermelino Matarazzo (2007) and the municipality of São Paulo (2003)

From: Practice of walking and its association with perceived environment among elderly Brazilians living in a region of low socioeconomic level

Socio-demographic data

Ermelino Matarazzo

São Paulo*

Gender (women)

60.5%

58.6%

Age (60-74 years)

57.1%

77.9%

Race (white)

55.5%

67.5%

Status (single)

54.2%

43.1%

Ocupation (retired)

78.4%

71.4%

Smoke (nonsomkers)

86.6%

84.1%

Education (less than 4 years)

47.6%

46.4%

  1. Source: Project SABE (Health, Welfare and Aging in the city of São Paulo)