Home > Research Library Publications > Journal Articles > Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health
Migrated Content

We have recently updated the WIEGO website and are in the process of rebuilding a number of pages. You might encounter layout issues on pages as we work on them. Thank you for your understanding.

Journal Articles

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.

View list of all: Journal Articles

Go to Publication(this link opens in new window)

Citation Information

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. , .

The WIEGO Research Library

WIEGO is at the forefront of developing statistics and research to help audiences understand the informal economy. Our library includes over two decades-worth of informal economy research, policy analysis, statistics and documentation of organizing efforts.

Explore