Informal employment and poor mental health in a sample of 180,260 workers from 13 iberoamerican countries
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- dc.contributor.author Silva-Peñaherrera, Michael, 1984-
- dc.contributor.author Santiá, Paula
- dc.contributor.author Benavides, Fernando G. (Fernando García)
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-07T06:22:12Z
- dc.date.available 2022-09-07T06:22:12Z
- dc.date.issued 2022
- dc.description.abstract The aim of this study is to estimate the association between employment conditions and mental health status in the working population of Iberoamerica. In this cross-sectional study, we pooled individual-level data from nationally representative surveys across 13 countries. A sample of 180,260 workers was analyzed. Informality was assessed by social security, health affiliation, or contract holding. Mental health was assessed using several instruments. We used Poisson regression models to estimate the contribution of informality to poor mental health by sex and country, adjusted by sociodemographic and work-related characteristics. Then, we performed a meta-analysis pooling of aggregate data using a random-effects inverse-variance model. Workers in informal employments showed a higher adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) of poor mental health than those in formal employment in Peru (aPR men 1.5 [95% confidence intervals 1.16; 1.93]), Spain (aPR men 2.2 [1.01; 4.78]) and Mexico (aPR men 1.24 [1.04; 1.47]; women 1.39 [1.18; 1.64]). Overall estimates showed that workers in informal employment have a higher prevalence of poor mental health than formal workers, with it being 1.19 times higher (aPR 1.19 [1.02; 1.39]) among men, and 1.11 times higher prevalence among women (aPR 1.11 [1.00; 1.23]). Addressing informal employment could contribute to improving workers' mental health.
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- dc.identifier.citation Silva-Peñaherrera M, Santiá P, Benavides FG. Informal employment and poor mental health in a sample of 180,260 workers from 13 iberoamerican countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 27;19(13):7883. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137883
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137883
- dc.identifier.issn 1661-7827
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54009
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher MDPI
- dc.relation.ispartof Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 27;19(13):7883
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- dc.subject.keyword Health inequalities
- dc.subject.keyword Informal employment
- dc.subject.keyword Mental health
- dc.subject.keyword Occupational health
- dc.subject.keyword Working conditions surveys
- dc.title Informal employment and poor mental health in a sample of 180,260 workers from 13 iberoamerican countries
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