Early socioeconomic position and self-rated health among civil servants in Brazil: a cross-sectional analysis from the Pro-Saude cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although there is evidence that socioeconomic conditions in adulthood are associated with worse self-rated health, the putative effect of early adverse life circumstances on adult self-rated health is not consistent. Besides, little is known on this subject in the context of middle-income countries. We aimed to investigate the association between indicators of socioeconomic position in early life and self-rated health in adulthood, taking into account the influence of current socioeconomic position.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Participants

3339 civil servants (44.5% male) working at a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, participants of the Pró-Saúde cohort study.

Measurements

Through a lifecourse approach, we evaluated if seven indicators of par

SUBMITTER: Guimaraes JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244401 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature