Social inequalities in self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazilian adults: PNAD COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate inequalities related to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in self-reported positive diagnosis for COVID-19 in Brazilian adults.

Methods

Data available from the National Household Sample Survey COVID-19 (PNAD COVID 19) (July/September/November, 2020) were used in this retrospective investigation. The analyses considered the sampling design, primary sampling units, strata and sample weights. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to estimate prevalence ratio (PR) and the 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of the associations.

Results

In July, September and November 2020, with regard to the rapid test, indigenous people were 2.45 (95%CI 1.48-4.08), 2.53 (95%CI 1.74-4.41) and 1.23 (95%CI 1.11-1.86) times more likely to report a positi

SUBMITTER: Rocha MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11383518 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature