Informal Employment and Poor Mental Health in a Sample of 180,260 Workers from 13 Iberoamerican Countries.

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 adjus

SUBMITTER: Silva-Penaherrera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9265366 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature