“…For the ELSI-Brazil, participants were asked, “In general, how would you evaluate your health?” The response options were “very good or excellent” (6.5%), “good” (36.0%), “regular” (45.3%), “bad” (7.8%) or “very bad” (4.3%). In line with numerous prior studies using ELSI data, we dichotomized this variable by collapsing the top two categories (“very good or excellent” and “good”) and the bottom three categories (“regular,” “bad,” and “very bad”) ( Castro et al, 2018 ; Castro, Lima-Costa et al, 2020 ; Castro et al, 2020 , Castro et al, 2020 ; Fagundes, Amaral Júnior, Menegazzo, Hugo, & Giordani, 2022 ; Seixas, 2021 ; Seixas & Freitas, 2021 ).…”