[Social self-positioning as indicator of socioeconomic status]. / El autoposicionamiento social como indicador de posición socioeconómica.
Gac Sanit
; 14(3): 218-25, 2000.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Self-perceived class results from directly questioning subjects about his or her social class. The aim of this investigation was to analyse self-perceived class in relation to other indicator variables of socioeconomic level.METHODS:
Data from the 1994 Catalan Health Interview Survey, a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the non-institutionalised population of Catalonia was used. We conducted a discriminant analysis to compute the degree of right classification when different socioeconomic variables potentially related to self-perceived class were considered. All subjects who directly answered the questionnaire were included (N = 12,245). With the aim of obtaining the discriminant functions in a group of subjects and to validate it in another one, the subjects were divided into two random samples, containing approximately 75% and 25% of subjects (analysis sample, n = 9,248; and validation sample, n = 2,997).RESULTS:
The final function for men and women included level of education, social class (based in occupation) and equivalent income. This function correctly classified 40.9% of the subjects in the analysis sample and 39.2% in the validation sample. Two other functions were selected for men and women separately. In men, the function included level of education, professional category, and family income (39.2% of classification in analysis sample and 37.2% in validation sample). In women, the function (level of education, working status, and equivalent income) correctly classified 40.3% of women in analysis sample whereas the percentage was 38.9% in validation sample. The percentages of right classification were higher for the highest and lowest classes.CONCLUSION:
These results show the utility of a simple variable to self-position within the social scale. Self-perceived class is related to education, income, and working determinants.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autoimagem
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Classe Social
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Gac Sanit
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article