[Is stated income a valid indicator of the socioeconomic status?]. / Son válidos los ingresos declarados como indicador del nivel socioeconómico de la población?
Aten Primaria
; 15(2): 82-5, 1995 Feb 15.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
1) To analyse the validity of the reply to the question on socio-economic income included in health questionnaires. 2) To identify other valid indicators of socio-economic status.DESIGN:
Crossover and retrospective observation study.SETTING:
Community (Molina de Segura Health District).PARTICIPANTS:
1,071 people over 18, selected by means of simple random sampling.INTERVENTIONS:
Analysis of 16 questions relating to home furnishing, consumer goods and stated income. We used Factorial Analysis and the ji2 test.RESULTS:
We identified three levels by means of the factorialanalysis:
a) basic--consisting of hot water, washing-machine, absence of damp patches in the house, individual heating and television. b) Intermediate--consisting of car, video and telephone. c) High--with dishwasher, domestic help and air-conditioning. On analysing the relationship between stated income and socio-economic status we detected association to p < 0.001. The basic level answered more often than expected that their income was less than 50,000 pesetas; the intermediate, between 50 and 100,000; and the high, over 101,000.CONCLUSIONS:
1) It is possible to identify the socio-economic profile of the general population by the belonging of selected of determined consumer items. 2) Stated income is a reliable indicator of socio-economic status. Despite a tendency to a low reply to the question on income, income is not generally under-declared.
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Assunto principal:
Fatores Socioeconômicos
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Renda
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
1995
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Article