The current study included 155 mothers, the average age was 24.8 years (standard deviation=0.9 months), 43.6% of
the interviewees had less than 9 years of education. The largest proportion of the subjects reported being
married/common-law marriage (63.6%). With regard to the employment status, the numbers showed an equal result
(29.1% of the subjects claimed to be self-employed, and 29.1% homemaker). The data about the subjects’ number of
children and family income reveal that 65.5% had two to three children, and 50.9% had an income below the Brazilian
minimum wage.