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Salud auto-referida y desigualdades sociales, ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005 / Self-rated health and social inequalities, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005
Alazraqui, Marcio; Roux, Ana V. Diez; Fleischer, Nancy; Spinelli, Hugo.
  • Alazraqui, Marcio; Universidad Nacional de Lanús. Lanús. AR
  • Roux, Ana V. Diez; University of Michigan. Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health. Ann Arbor. US
  • Fleischer, Nancy; University of Michigan. Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health. Ann Arbor. US
  • Spinelli, Hugo; Universidad Nacional de Lanús. Lanús. AR
Cad. saúde pública ; 25(9): 1990-2000, set. 2009. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-524803
RESUMEN
La salud auto-referida es un indicador de calidad de vida. ¿Cuál es el impacto de las características socioeconómicas a nivel individual y a nivel de la vecindad, consideradas simultáneamente, en el estado de salud auto-referida a nivel individual? Diseño de análisis multinivel con dos niveles individual y vecindad. Las fuentes de información fueron Encuesta Nacional de Factores de Riesgo (muestreo probabilístico multietápico) y Censo Poblacional. La regresión lineal muestra que mayores niveles de educación, de ingresos y de categoría laboral se relacionan con mejor salud auto-referida; y el aumento de la edad con peor salud. En el análisis multinivel, a medida que la proporción de individuos con educación inferior aumentaba en la fracción censal, aumentaba también la proporción de individuos con peor salud auto-referida. Mejorar la salud general de la población requerirá estrategias y acciones que disminuyan los niveles de desigualdad social en sus múltiples dimensiones, individual y de vecindad.
ABSTRACT
Self-rated health is a quality-of-life indicator. This study investigates the impact of individual-level and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics, considered simultaneously, on the state of self-rated health at the individual level in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The study employs a two-level (individual and neighborhood) multilevel analysis, and the data sources were the 2005 Argentina National Risk Factor Survey (multistage probabilistic sample) and the 2001 Population Census. Linear regression shows that higher schooling and income, as well as occupational category, are related to better self-rated health, and increasing age with worse health. In the multilevel analysis, an increase in the proportion (per census tract) of individuals with less schooling was associated with an increase in the proportion of individuals with worse self-rated health. Improving the general health of the population requires strategies and action that reduce the levels of social inequalities in their multiple dimensions, including the individual and neighborhood levels.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quality of Life / Self Concept / Socioeconomic Factors / Health Status / Health Surveys Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Cad. saúde pública Journal subject: Public Health / Toxicology Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina / United States Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Nacional de Lanús/AR / University of Michigan/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quality of Life / Self Concept / Socioeconomic Factors / Health Status / Health Surveys Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Cad. saúde pública Journal subject: Public Health / Toxicology Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina / United States Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Nacional de Lanús/AR / University of Michigan/US