Table 1 Distribution of study variables by self-rated health of 11,305 civil servants, ELSA-Brasil, baseline data, 2008–2010
Self-rated health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Good | Fair | Poor | |
n = 9221 (%) | n = 1889 (%) | n = 195 (%) | |
Sex | |||
Women | 4811 (81.6) | 960 (16.3) | 126 (2.1) |
Men | 4410 (81.5) | 929 (17.2) | 69 (1.3) |
Age | |||
up to 49 years old | 5112 (84.4) | 861 (14.2) | 85 (1.4) |
50 years old or more | 4109 (78.3) | 1028 (19.6) | 110 (2.1) |
Self-declared race/ethnicity | |||
black | 1443 (75) | 431 (22.5) | 49 (2.5) |
brown | 2687 (78.2) | 679 (19.8) | 70 (2) |
white | 5091 (85.6) | 779 (13.1) | 76 (1.3) |
Marital status | |||
married/united | 6265 (81.8) | 1277 (16.6) | 119 (1.6) |
non-married/non-united | 2956 (81.1) | 612 (16.8) | 76 (2.1) |
Education | |||
complete elementary school or less | 764 (62) | 424 (34.4) | 45 (3.6) |
completed high school | 3252 (78.1) | 822 (19.7) | 89 (2.2) |
completed university degree or more | 5205 (88.1) | 643 (10.9) | 61 (1) |
Per capita household income | |||
low | 932 (68.1) | 389 (28.4) | 48 (3.5) |
medium | 3401 (78.4) | 845 (19.5) | 94 (2.1) |
high | 4888 (87.4) | 655 (11.7) | 53 (0.9) |
Socio-occupational category | |||
higher | 3625 (87.7) | 457 (11.1) | 51 (1.2) |
middle | 4117 (81.3) | 862 (17) | 88 (1.7) |
manual | 1479 (70.2) | 570 (27.1) | 56 (2.7) |
BMI | |||
normal weight | 3727 (87.6) | 479 (11.3) | 45 (1.1) |
overweight | 3716 (82.3) | 742 (16.4) | 57 (1.3) |
obesity | 1778 (70) | 668 (26.3) | 93 (3.7) |
Job demands | |||
high | 3395 (81.3) | 712 (17) | 70 (1.7) |
low | 5826 (81.7) | 1177 (16.5) | 125 (1.8) |
Skill discretion | |||
high | 3807 (85.9) | 570 (12.9) | 55 (1.2) |
low | 5414 (78.8) | 1319 (19.2) | 140 (2) |
Decision authority | |||
high | 3395 (84.5) | 565 (14.1) | 57 (1.4) |
low | 5826 (79.9) | 1324 (18.2) | 138 (1.9) |