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Table 1 Age and sex-adjusted prevalence of descriptive statistics, by place of residence (ELSI-Brazil/2015–2016)

From: Perceived discrimination among older adults living in urban and rural areas in Brazil: a national study (ELSI-Brazil)

 

Urban

Rural

Total

N (unweighted)

7912

1471

9383

% (weighted)

84.7

15.3

100.0

Aged 50–59 years1

48.0

46.0

47.7

60–69 years1

29.4

30.9

29.6

70–79 years1

15.4

16.9

15.6

80+ years1

7.2

6.2

7.1

Female1

53.9

54.3

53.9

Male1

46.2

45.7

46.1

White*

44.1

35.2

42.7

Black*

9.3

11.9

9.7

Brown*

43.8

49.7

44.7

Yellow

1.1

1.0

1.1

Indigenous

1.8

2.3

1.9

Educational attainment (< 4 years)*

28.5

56.8

32.8

4–7 years

31.3

32.2

31.4

8+ years*

40.2

10.8

35.7

Lowest household wealth (3 lowest quartiles)*

71.5

94.2

75.0

Highest household wealth (top quartile)*

28.5

5.8

25.0

Few health problems2

35.6

36.1

35.7

Some health problems2

32.3

31.9

32.2

Many health problems2

32.0

32.1

32.0

Low social trust*

19.1

15.0

18.5

Medium social trust*

26.3

30.0

26.9

High social trust

54.6

54.9

54.6

Perceived discrimination (any)*

17.6

12.2

16.8

 In seeking health care*

11.4

8.7

11.0

 In social gatherings

3.3

2.5

3.1

 In the work place*

2.7

1.1

2.5

 Within the family*

3.8

2.6

3.6

 Due to where live *

3.7

2.3

3.5

  1. 1=Non-adjusted. * = significant difference between urban and rural (p < 0.05). 2Composite measure obtained through principal components analysis, from the following variables: self-rated health, number of the last 30 days spent in poor mental and/or physical health, and history of medical diagnosis from a list of 12 prevalent chronic diseases/conditions. Results took into account complex sample design and sample weights