Education and elderly income: an analysis of the five brazilian macroregions

This study aimed at analyzing the relationship between education and income of the elderly in the five Brazilian macro-regions and its interlocution with development. It was used data from the National Health Survey (2013), with 23,815 elderly. It was realized logistic regression analysis. The most elderly are literate (75.5%), have completed the first four years of training (40.9%) and have an income below the minimum wage (56.5%). Elderly people from the Northeast and North have 3.52 and 2.81 (p<0.001), respectively, more likely to be illiterate compared to those from the South. Elderly from the North and Northeast regions were the ones with the lowest incomes, and those in the South and Southeast were the highest. Illiterate elderly people are 13.30 (p<0.001) more likely to have an income lower than the minimum wage compared to literate ones. It is concluded that there is a relationship between education and income of elderly Brazilians and the North and Northeast regions are the neediest in providing these social determinants.