2019
DOI: 10.15517/ijds.2019.37295
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Measuring Socioeconomic Position From The Social Inequalities In Health Perspective?: The Case of Costa Rica

Abstract: RESUMENIntroducción: La medición de la posición socioeconómica (PSE) es central para el análisis de las inequidades sociales en salud (ISS) y requiere de instrumentos actualizados, adaptados a un marco conceptual de referencia, al contexto local y a las características de las poblaciones. El objetivo de este estudio es presentar y discutir, a la luz de la literatura internacional, las ventajas y desventajas de las diferentes formas de medición de la posición socioeconómica para el análisis de las ISS que exist… Show more

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“…Moreover, categorizing districts into four groups according to their wealth allowed us to analyze a social gradient. 31 We also were able to disentangle urban/rural area and wealth effects. We used census data based on more than 4.3 million people to describe districts (94% of the population in 2011).…”
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“…Moreover, categorizing districts into four groups according to their wealth allowed us to analyze a social gradient. 31 We also were able to disentangle urban/rural area and wealth effects. We used census data based on more than 4.3 million people to describe districts (94% of the population in 2011).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two variables at the district level were used: the percentage of residents living in urban areas, and the percentage of people with at least one Basic Unmet Need (BUN). Division by area is justified by the significant differences in development and the location of public/private hospitals and health facilities between urban, mixed and rural areas . The percentage of people with at least one BUN is used by INEC and other Latin American statistical bureaus to measure poverty at the geographical level.…”
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“…Las poblaciones de la zona rural tienen ingresos e indicadores socioeconómicos mucho más bajos que las de la zona urbana (21). Este resultado es también conforme a otros estudios en Costa Rica, que evidenciaron que la prevalencia más alta se dio en la región central, la zona más urbanizada del país (22).…”
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