Informal Workers: A socioeconomic and demographic study
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2539-3669/gestionlibre.18.2024.12140Keywords:
Informal Workers, Socioeconomic Characteristics, Demographic CharacteristicsAbstract
Informality is a phenomenon that has been spreading throughout Colombia due to the lack of adsorption of labor by the formal sector, directing the workforce to other labor activities, specifically to itinerant, stationary or semi-stationary sales, where they sell toiletries, perishable and non-perishable food, beverages, clothing, among others, who in the absence of a place or workplace, resort to invading public space. The objective of this study is to characterize the population of informal sector workers in the downtown area of the city of San José de Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia, for the year 2013. The study is quantitative with a cross-sectional design. A survey was formulated and applied to seventy-three informal vendors in the downtown area of the city of San José de Cúcuta. Regarding the profile of the informal worker, for the education dimension, it is evident that the worker has an incomplete primary education level, that he abandoned his education at the age of 15 due to lack of income, that his work duties do not allow him to study at the same time. However, he has no intention of resuming his academic activity. For the sociodemographic dimension, it is found that there are no significant differences in terms of sex. However, there are more men than women; the average working age is between 40 and 44 years, and most of them are net residents by birth; they live in the peripheral neighborhoods of the city. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a permanent occupational health program for the informal sector in the downtown area of the city of Cúcuta, including an epidemiological surveillance system for occupational accidents and work-related diseases. In addition, it is important to carry out studies in the municipal planning secretariat on sectors that are favorable and available for the implementation of relocation projects for vendors so that the local administration manages a favorable environment.
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