TY - JOUR AU - Travassos, Claudia AU - Laguardia, Josué AU - Marques, Priscilla M. AU - Mota, Jurema C. AU - Szwarcwald, Celia L. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/08/25 TI - Comparison between two race/skin color classifications in relation to health-related outcomes in Brazil JO - International Journal for Equity in Health SP - 35 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - This paper aims to compare the classification of race/skin color based on the discrete categories used by the Demographic Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and a skin color scale with values ranging from 1 (lighter skin) to 10 (darker skin), examining whether choosing one alternative or the other can influence measures of self-evaluation of health status, health care service utilization and discrimination in the health services. SN - 1475-9276 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-10-35 DO - 10.1186/1475-9276-10-35 ID - Travassos2011 ER -