[Health of families from the Landless Workers' Movement and temporary rural workers, Brazil, 2005].

Objective: To assess the health conditions of families from the Landless Rural Workers' Movement and temporary rural workers.

Methods: The research involved a comparative study of three populations: a settlement and a camp linked to the Rural Workers' Movement, and the families of temporary rural workers in a city of Southeast Brazil, in 2005. Information relating to sociodemographic characteristics and families were collected by means of questionnaires that were put to 202 families.