Table 2.

Explanatory model for self-assessment of health status according to gender and to racial classification using IBGE categories and the skin color scale

Variables	Women			Men
IBGE	OR	CI 95%	Sig	OR	CI 95%	Sig
Age	1.04	1.03-1.04	0.00	1.03	1.03-1.04	0.00
Skin color (IBGE)
White	1.00	-	-	1.00	-	-
Brown	0.84	0.69-1.03	0.95	1.01	0.79-1.29	0.96
Black	0.95	0.72-1.26	0.72	1.11	0.72-1.72	0.64
Years of schooling	0.91	0.90-0.94	0.00	0.93	0.90-0.96	0.00
Consumer goods	0.87	0.83-0.92	0.00	0.93	0.87-0.97	0.02
Skin color scale
Age	1.03	1.03-1.04	0.00	1.03	1.03-1.04	0.00
Skin color scale	1.01	0.96-1.04	0.61	1.03	0.97-1.10	0.31
Years of schooling	0.92	0.90-0.94	0.00	0.93	0.90-0.96	0.00
Consumer goods	0.87	0.82-0.91	0.00	0.93	0.87-0.99	0.02

Brazil, 2003