Is subjective social status a summary of life-course socioeconomic position

Bibliographic Data

ID5170147
AuthorsWasney De Almeida Ferreira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Lidyane V Camelo (0000-0001-7471-7547, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Lidyane Camelo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Maria Carmen Viana (0000-0002-0464-4845, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Luana Giatti (0000-0001-5454-2460, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Sandhi Maria Barreto (0000-0001-7383-7811, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Year2018
Volume34
Issue5
Pagese00024317-e00024317
Publication date2018-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00024317
PMID29846404
OpenAlexW2806803381
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018000505019
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited17

Very little is known about the association between objective indicators of socioeconomic position in childhood and adolescence and low subjective social status in adult life, after adjusting for adult socioeconomic position. We used baseline data (2008-2010) from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), a multicenter cohort study of 15,105 civil servants from six Brazilian states. Subjective social status was measured using the The MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, which represents social hierarchy in the form of a 10-rung ladder with the top rung representing the highest subjective social status. Participants who chose the bottom four rungs in the ladder were assigned to the low subjective social status category. The following socioeconomic position indicators were investigated: childhood (maternal education), adolescence (occupational social class of the household head; participant's occupational social class of first job; nature of occupation of household head; participant's nature of occupation of first job), and adulthood (participant's occupational social class, nature of occupation and education). The associations between low subjective social status and socioeconomic position were determined using multiple logistic regression, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and socioeconomic position indicators from other stages of life. After adjustments, low socioeconomic position in childhood, adolescence and adulthood remained significantly associated with low subjective social status in adulthood with dose-response gradients. The magnitude of these associations was stronger for intra-individual than for intergenerational socioeconomic positions. Results suggest that subjective social status in adulthood is the result of a complex developmental process of acquiring socioeconomic self-perception, which is intrinsic to subjective social status and includes current and past, individual and family household experiences

Developmental psychology · Life chances · Life course approach · Logistic regression · Longitudinal study · Occupational prestige · Political science · Population · Social class · Social position · Social relation · Social status · Social stratification · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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