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0901/2012 - Sufficiency of income perceived by elders in São Paulo / Brazil
Suficiência de renda percebida por pessoas idosas no Município de São Paulo/Brasil

Author:

• jorge avelino bento - Bento, J.A. - santo andré, SP - faculdade de saúde pública da USP - <jabento@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Maria Lúcia Lebrão - Lebrão, M.L. - faculdade de saúde pública da USP - <mllebr@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-8684

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

The Brazilians elderly witnessed during his course of life, a country with large social contradictions. The differences between individuals in relation to the factors involved in treatment and understanding of their needs are many. Order to try to understand a few of these aspects were analyzed factors associated with perception of income sufficiency of elderly people (60 years and over) in São Paulo in 2000. A cross-sectional epidemiological study. From interviews with 2,143 elderly (60 years and over), were identified 1,300 who needed no help in answering the questionnaire, with 13 or more points on the Mini Mental State Examination, worked with pay, had some income and coinciding with the amount of income sources reported. Perceived their income as sufficient, 31 per cent of the old people. Those with income above the measures considered had higher odds of perceiving and satisfying, regardless of income, were associated with: having worked predominantly in no physical labor activity, work activity beginning with 14 years or older, have private health plan, more than one source of income, no starve in the first 15 years of life, be 70 years or more, have good health and perform activities of daily living without any help.

Keywords:

agingelderlysocioeconomics factorsincomefinancial sufficiencySABE Study

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Bento, J.A., Lebrão, M.L.. Sufficiency of income perceived by elders in São Paulo / Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Jun). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/sufficiency-of-income-perceived-by-elders-in-sao-paulo-brazil/10398?id=10398



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