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| Oliveira,Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de; Silva,Alécia Maria da; Silva,Raimundo Antonio da; Thomaz,Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca. |
| Aging with quality of life does not occur equally among the racial groups of Brazilian elderly, and few studies have analyzed this issue in the states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. The objective of this study was to investigate racial inequalities in the socioeconomic, demographic and health conditions of elderly residents of Maranhão state, Brazil. The present work is a cross-sectional study of 450 elders aged 60 years or older included in the 2008 National Household Sample Survey. The prevalence of socioeconomic, demographic, health and habit indicators and of risk factors were estimated in white, brown and black racial categories that were self-reported by the survey participants. The chi-square test was used for comparisons (a=5%). The majority of the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aging; Social inequity; Epidemiology; Indicators; Race or ethnic group distribution. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672014000300006 |
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