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Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health

By , , , , on July 24, 2015

Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a permanent, structural pillar of many labor markets in low- and middle-income countries, studies about its relationship with health status are still scarce. In Central America more than 60 % of non-agricultural workers have informal employment. Therefore, we aimed to assess differences in self-perceived and mental health status of Central Americans with different patterns of informal and formal employment.

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López-Ruiz, María, Artazcoz, Lucía, Martínez, José M., Rojas, Marianela, and Benavides, Fernando G. Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health. , , . , 2015. López-Ruiz, M., Artazcoz, L., Martínez, J. M., Rojas, M., and Benavides, F. G. (2015). Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health. , , . López-Ruiz, María, Artazcoz, Lucía, Martínez, José M., Rojas, Marianela, and Benavides, Fernando G. "Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health." 2015, .López-Ruiz María, Artazcoz Lucía, Martínez José M., Rojas Marianela, and Benavides Fernando G. "Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health." (2015). López-Ruiz, M, Artazcoz, L, Martínez, J M, Rojas, M, and Benavides, F G 2015, 'Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health', , , . María López-Ruiz, Lucía Artazcoz, José M Martínez, Marianela Rojas, and Fernando G Benavides, 'Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health' (2015). López-Ruiz M., Artazcoz L., Martínez J. M., Rojas M., and Benavides F. G. Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health. . 2015. López-Ruiz, María, Artazcoz, Lucía, Martínez, José M., Rojas, Marianela, and Benavides, Fernando G. Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health. . 2015. , .

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