This research sets out to study the interrelationship between breast cancer prevention and the socioeconomic, demographic, behavioral, regional and health factors in determining the temporal frequency of tests for prevention by performing mammograms and breast exams in Brazil. Based on the information of the health supplement of the National Sampling Survey of Domiciles of 2008, a sample that includes only women over age 40 was created. To achieve the desired goal, the estimate of the ordered logit model is used to establish partial proportional odds, which revealed the main results as follows. Women with a good socioeconomic status, living in the more developed regions of the country, family structure including children, making a good self-assessment of health and having been diagnosed with some type of cancer in the past. This is the profile of women who are best at preventing breast cancer, both in relation to the demand for mammograms and to a greater demand for breast exam performed by a doctor or a nurse. The results also point to the fact that the majority of those interviewed had either had the tests in question within the previous year, or had never been exposed to such procedures.

Resumo O artigo analisa o efeito da violência contra a mulher na autopercepção da saúde, a partir de uma população de mulheres brasileiras com idades entre 20 e 49 anos, considerando as informações da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde de 2013. Os resultados indicam que mais de 80% das mulheres que sofreram violência por indivíduo nos últimos doze meses anteriores a pesquisa, relataram como mais grave a agressão psicológica e/ou física. O pior reporte de saúde foi maior entre mulheres que relataram violência sofrida por pessoa conhecida, em caso de residentes em áreas rurais; já dentre as residentes de localidades urbanas, houve relatos de violência perpetrada por agressor desconhecido. Em função desses resultados, pode-se inferir que as mulheres vítimas de violência possuem pior percepção de saúde vis-à-vis as que não foram vítimas de violência.

The aim of the article is to investigate the impacts of co-residence over spouce and\or children on self-perceived health among Brazilian elderly. The database used was the health supplement of the National Sample Survey of Households (PNAD) conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2008. The sample consists of 36 551 people from all regions of the country such as urban areas and rurals. The results indicate that seniors with better socioeconomic status, who don't have physical mobility problems are more propenspos to a better self report among their health, regardless of the gender of the elderly. Regarding the impact of co-residence family health of respondents, living with daughters increases the probability that perception is better (specifically good or very good). Moreover,the results are consistent with the hypothesis that elderly brazilians realize better their health with home living with daughters and/or spouse.

PurposeThis paper aims to measure income differences between the obese and the non-obese for Brazil and understand which components explain these differences.Design/methodology/approachA decomposition method based on recentered influence functions, proposed by Firpo et al. (2007) is used, and the procedure is applied to individuals' income distribution quantiles.FindingsThe results confirm the existence of a wage gap between obese and non-obese men and women. In the case of men, the difference was favorable to the obese in all quantiles and in the case of women, favorable to the non-obese. The biggest differences were observed at the top of the distribution. This difference is mostly explained by observable characteristics that cause the wage gap between groups. The wage structure effect, which may have elements associated with discrimination in its composition, was not relevant in most quantiles.Research limitations/implicationsUnobserved factors can impact the results, but our methodology tries to minimize such impact.Practical implicationsThe authors can only observe a point in time and with that they do not know how long the individual has been obese.Originality/valueThe methodology adopted in the work is recent; moreover, studies on the effects of obesity on the labor market are still recent in Brazilian research.

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