Similar behavior was reported in research in Finland, the U.K., Australia and New
Zealand, where there was a predominance of increase in the ratio (LANTTO; SAHLSTRÖM,
2009; LUEG; PUNDA; BURKERT, 2014; GOODWIN ET AL., 2008; STENT;
BRADBURY; HOOKS, 2010), highlighting that the studies use descriptive statistics to report
increases in ratios.