ArticleInternational journal of public health2017
Informal employment, unpaid care work, and health status in Spanish-speaking Central American countries: a gender-based approach.
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- Mediating role of perceived social support in the relationship between unemployment and mental distress among healthcare graduates during the COVID-19 era.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Informal employment as a fundamental determinant of mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean.Lancet (London, England) · 2023Article
- [Precarious employment Measurement in Central America: psychometric properties based on the II Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health].Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales · 2022Article
- How does informal employment affect health and health equity? Emerging gaps in research from a scoping review and modified e-Delphi survey.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Association between informal employment and depressive symptoms in 11 cities in Latin America.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
- Conditions of employment, work and quality of life of men and women in informal jobs.Revista de saude publica · 2022Article
- Association between informal employment and mortality rate by welfare regime in Latin America and the Caribbean: an ecological study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Initiatives addressing precarious employment and its effects on workers' health and well-being: a protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Informal Employees in the Digital Era.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the relationship between paid work, family characteristics and health status in Central American workers; and to examine whether patterns of association differ by gender and informal or formal employment.
methodsCross-sectional study of 8680 non-agricultural workers, based on the First Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health (2011). Main explicative variables were paid working hours, marital status, caring for children, and caring for people with functional diversity or ill. Using Poisson regression models, adjusted prevalence ratios of poor self-perceived and mental health were calculated by sex and social security coverage (proxy of informal employment).
resultsA clear pattern of association was observed for women in informal employment who were previously married, had care responsibilities, long working hours, or part-time work for both self-perceived and mental health. No other patterns were found.
conclusionsOur results show health inequalities related to unpaid care work and paid work that depend on the interaction between gender and informal employment. To reduce these inequalities suitable policies should consider both the labor (increasing social security coverage) and domestic spheres (co-responsibility of care).
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