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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the migrant Venezuelan adolescents and young women interviewed at the Brazilian-Venezuelan border (n = 142), 2021a

From: Period poverty: menstrual health hygiene issues among adolescent and young Venezuelan migrant women at the northwestern border of Brazil

Characteristics of the adolescent (n = 142)

N

(%)

Age (years)

  

 10–19

83

58.4

 20–24

59

41.6

Adolescent younger than 18 years old unaccompanied?b (n = 81)

 

 Yes

28

34.6

 No

53

65.4

Race (n = 142)

  

 White

34

23.9

 Biracial

60

42.3

 Black

24

16.9

 Asian

24

16.9

Schooling (n = 142)c

  

 0–4 years

46

32.4

 5–10 years

77

54.2

 11 or more years

19

13.4

Main reasons for migrating (n = 142)

  

 Lack of economic opportunities

101

71.1

 Insecurity

12

8.5

 Hunger

7

4.9

 Corruption

5

3.5

 Don’t know

17

12.0

  1. aMultiple choice questions. Were included all the adolescents and young women who menstruate
  2. bIn Brazil the legal majority is from the age of 18 years old
  3. cCompleted years at school. In South American countries, 0–4 years at school, means they did not finish primary school, 5–9 years means they completed primary school and 10 or more years means they studied until secondary school or more. At the moment of the interview, none of the adolescents was studying