Comparison between two race/skin color classifications in relation to health-related outcomes in Brazil |
| |
| Authors: | Claudia Travassos Josué Laguardia Priscilla M Marques Jurema C Mota Celia L Szwarcwald |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1.Instituto de Comunica??o e Informa??o Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (ICICT/FIOCRUZ),Rio de Janeiro/RJ,Brazil;2.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca (ENSP/FIOCRUZ),Rio de Janeiro/RJ,Brazil |
| |
| Abstract: | Background This paper aims to compare the classification of race/skin color based on the discrete categories used by the Demographic Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and a skin color scale with values ranging from 1 (lighter skin) to 10 (darker skin), examining whether choosing one alternative or the other can influence measures of self-evaluation of health status, health care service utilization and discrimination in the health services. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
