Table 1. Distribution of good self-rated work ability according with lifecourse characteristics of the population aged 50 years and over, by sex. Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), 2015–2016.
| Variable | Total (n = 8,903) | Men (n = 3,942) | Women (n = 4,961) | pb | |||
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| %a | 95%CI | %a | 95%CI | %a | 95%CI | ||
| Good current work ability | 49.0 | 46.6–51.4 | 49.4 | 46.4–52.5 | 48.6 | 46.2–51.0 | 0.511 |
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| Attended school at the age of 10 | 75.5 | 72.3–78.5 | 75.5 | 71.6–78.9 | 75.6 | 72.4–78.5 | 0.941 |
| Financial situation of the family up to 15 years of age | |||||||
| Above or within the average | 27.7 | 25.4–30.0 | 26.8 | 24.3–29.4 | 28.4 | 25.9–31.1 | < 0.001 |
| Poor | 57.3 | 54.9–59.6 | 56.0 | 53.2–58.8 | 58.4 | 55.7–61.1 | |
| Variable | 15.0 | 13.9–16.3 | 17.2 | 15.6–18.9 | 13.2 | 12.0–14.4 | |
| Good health up to 15 years of age | 78.0 | 76.2–79.6 | 78.8 | 76.8–80.7 | 77.2 | 75.2–79.1 | 0.138 |
| Age at which started working (years) | |||||||
| < 10 | 42.2 | 39.8–44.7 | 45.3 | 42.4–48.3 | 39.5 | 37.0–42.0 | < 0.001 |
| 11–17 | 40.6 | 38.4–42.8 | 42.7 | 40.0–45.5 | 38.7 | 36.3–41.2 | |
| ≥ 18 | 17.2 | 15.2–19.5 | 12.0 | 10.4–13.8 | 21.8 | 19.2–24.6 | |
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| Physical demands of the previous work | |||||||
| Never worked/Sitting | 17.7 | 16.1–19.3 | 16.7 | 14.9–18.7 | 18.5 | 16.6–20.5 | < 0.001 |
| Some physical effort | 63.4 | 60.8–66.0 | 55.9 | 52.6–59.2 | 70.1 | 67.2–72.8 | |
| Intense physical effort | 18.9 | 16.7–21.3 | 27.6 | 24.2–30.8 | 11.4 | 9.3–13.9 | |
| Education level (full years) | |||||||
| < 8 | 63.5 | 60.5–66.3 | 62.4 | 58.8–65.8 | 64.4 | 61.4–67.3 | 0.173 |
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| Age, mean (SD) | 63.7 (9.9) | 63.5–63.9 | 62.9 (9.8) | 62.6–63.2 | 64.3 (10.0) | 64.0–64.6 | < 0.001 |
| Responsible for the household | 73.5 | 71.7–75.3 | 87.0 | 84.7–89.0 | 61.7 | 57.8–65.4 | < 0.001 |
| Living with spouse or partner | 64.3 | 61.4–67.1 | 75.6 | 72.9–78.1 | 54.3 | 51.2–57.3 | < 0.001 |
| Good self-rated health | 44.0 | 41.5–46.5 | 43.7 | 40.4–47.0 | 44.3 | 41.7–46.8 | 0.701 |
| Medical diagnosis of depression | 18.6 | 16.8–20.5 | 10.6 | 9.2–12.2 | 25.6 | 23.1–28.3 | < 0.001 |
| One or more chronic diseasesc | 82.7 | 81.5–83.9 | 76.7 | 75.0–78.3 | 88.1 | 86.7–89.4 | < 0.001 |
95%CI: 95% confidence interval.
a Weighted percentage (or mean, when specified) for the sample parameters.
b Pearson’s chi-square test or Student’s t-test with significance level ≤ 0.05, for differences between sexes.
c Medical diagnosis of hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, cerebrovascular accident, asthma, arthritis or rheumatism, osteoporosis, chronic back pain, cancer, and heart disease.